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Grade 7 English FAL Term 1 Test 1 + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for Term 1 English First Additional Language with this comprehensive 60-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1½ hours and includes a balanced combination of lower-, middle- and higher-order questions.

The test covers:

  • Reading comprehension
  • The Barbary Lion comprehension passage
  • Literal, inferential and opinion-based questions
  • Vocabulary in context
  • Synonyms and antonyms
  • Subject and predicate
  • Visual literacy
  • Advertisement analysis
  • Purpose and target audience of advertisements
  • Slogans and advertising techniques
  • Summary writing – 50–60 words
  • Punctuation
  • Coordinating conjunctions
  • Past perfect tense
  • Active and passive voice
  • Plural forms
  • Degrees of comparison
  • Similes and metaphors
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Simple present tense
  • Commonly confused words

The test includes reading comprehension, visual-text and advertisement interpretation, summary writing and language structures and conventions. Learners practise recall, understanding, application, inference and justification, providing well-rounded preparation for their Term 1 English FAL assessment.

Total: 60 marks | Duration: 1½ hours | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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