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Grade 7 English HL November Test + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for their Term 4 November English Home Language assessment with this comprehensive 60-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1½ hours and assesses reading comprehension, visual literacy, summary writing and language structures and conventions.

The test covers:

  • Reading comprehension
  • Literal, inferential and opinion-based questions
  • Synonyms and proper nouns
  • Tone and euphemisms
  • Prefixes and antonyms
  • Visual literacy and infographics
  • Interpreting technical information and statistics
  • Target audience
  • Summary writing
  • Transitive and intransitive verbs
  • Direct and indirect speech
  • Degrees of comparison
  • Plurals and collective nouns
  • Prepositions
  • Subject and object
  • Punctuation
  • Active and passive voice
  • Contractions
  • Simple present tense

The 20-mark comprehension is based on “Flying Cars: The Future of Transportation?”, exploring the advantages, challenges and future possibilities of flying cars.

The paper also includes a 10-mark visual literacy activity based on an AeroMobil flying sports car infographic, a 60–80 word summary on the invention and impact of the airplane, and a 20-mark language section.

This test is ideal for November exam revision and additional assessment practice.

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

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