Grade 7 Afrikaans First Additional Language builds on the functional literacy of the Intermediate Phase. Learners read slightly more complex Afrikaans texts, write structured paragraphs across different text types, and use a wider range of grammatical structures. The focus is on developing practical Afrikaans communication skills in preparation for the increasing demands of Grades 8 and 9.
- Read Afrikaans narrative texts and answer literal, inferential and evaluative questions
- Compound and complex sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
- Revision and extension of present, past and future tense
- Relative pronouns: wat, wie in sentences
- Write a structured narrative paragraph with introduction, development and conclusion
- Vocabulary building: word families, synonyms, antonyms in Afrikaans
- Direct speech: punctuation and use in narrative writing
- Oral: short prepared talk on a personal topic in Afrikaans
- Read descriptive Afrikaans texts and formal texts (letters, notices, advertisements)
- Modal verbs: kan, mag, moet, sal, wil, sou — in context
- Degrees of comparison: adjectives and adverbs
- Apostrophe for possession and contraction
- Write a formal Afrikaans letter or informal letter
- Write a short descriptive paragraph about a place or person
- Word formation: prefixes and suffixes in Afrikaans
- Oral: describe a picture or process in Afrikaans
- Read Afrikaans informational and argumentative texts
- Direct speech to indirect speech and back — conversion practice
- Passive voice — recognition and simple use in Afrikaans
- Revision of tenses — all tenses covered so far
- Write a short Afrikaans informational paragraph or advertisement
- Vocabulary: context clues to work out word meanings
- Conjunctions: coordinating and subordinating — extended list
- Oral: summarise an Afrikaans text in own words
- Read persuasive Afrikaans texts — identify techniques, tone, purpose
- Simple Afrikaans poetry: stanzas, rhyme, rhythm, simile, personification
- Identify figurative language in Afrikaans poems
- Revision of all grammar: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, tenses, speech
- Write a short persuasive paragraph in Afrikaans
- Write a simple Afrikaans poem or creative paragraph
- Oral: recite a memorised Afrikaans poem or dialogue
- Examination preparation: comprehension strategies and time management
Build Afrikaans vocabulary daily. Learn 5 new Afrikaans words with meanings every day. In a term that is 200 new words.
Read the question before the passage. Know what you are looking for before reading.
Write formal letters using the correct layout. Afrikaans formal letters have a specific structure — address, date, salutation, body, closing. Learn it.
Practise Afrikaans out loud. Speaking the language, even imperfectly, accelerates learning.
Use conjunctions to make your writing flow. Connect ideas with: omdat, alhoewel, terwyl, maar, en, of. This lifts your writing immediately.