Bedfordview Primary School

English
GRADE 7 TASK 5 TERM 2 TEST
Name: Grade: 7 ____

Examiner: Mrs Y. Chettiar Date: 23 June 2021

Moderator: Mrs S. Reyneke Time Allocation: 1 ½ hours

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INSTRUCTIONS

⦁ An extra 10 minutes will be provided for reading.

⦁ Read all the instructions and questions carefully.
⦁ Write in neatly in FULL SENTENCES unless otherwise instructed.
⦁ Check spelling and sentence construction carefully.
⦁ Look carefully at the mark allocation when giving your answer.
⦁ Answer on the folio paper provided.
⦁ Start each question on a new page.
⦁ Number correctly. Underline headings and rule off after each question.
⦁ This paper consists of SIX pages.
⦁ This paper consists of FOUR sections.
QUESTION 1: Literary/non-literary text (20)
QUESTION 2: Summary (10)
QUESTION 2: Visual text comprehension (10)
QUESTION 4: Language Structures & Conventions (20)
Question Level Total mark Learner’s mark
Q1: Comprehension 20
Literal questions. 1 4
Questions 1.1 – 1.3
Reorganisation & Understanding 2 2
Questions: 1.4 – 1.5
Inference Analysing Questions 3&4 10
Questions: 1.6 – 1.11
High Order Evaluation / Appreciation: 5 4
Question 1.12 -1.13
Q2: Summary 10
Q3: Visual Literacy 10
Q4: Language 20
4.1 Nouns 1
4.2.Simple Present Tense 1

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4.4. Punctuation 1
4.5. Statement 1
4.6. Subject/Finite Verb/Object 3
4.7. Singular/Article/Sub-Verb Agreement 3
4.8. Adjectives 1
4.9. Root Word 1
4.10. Direct Speech 2
4.11. Reported Speech 2
4.12. Sentences 1
4.13. Compound Sentences 1
4.14. Passive Voice 1

Question 1: Literary text

Read the following article (adapted from Smithsonian Magazine) and answer the
questions that follow in full sentences.

Why the Cape Town Fire Is a Devastating Loss for South

African Cultural Heritage
The inferno destroyed much of the University of Cape Town’s special
collections, including rare books, films, photographs, and records
By Nora McGreevy
April 20, 2021
1. A wildfire that sparked on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain raged across
the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Sunday and into Monday, damaging or destroying
a number of historic structures and campus buildings.
2. Among the most significant losses were the university’s Plant Conservation Unit
offices and the Jagger Reading Room, which housed priceless artifacts related to African
history, including 19th-century watercolours painted by Indigenous peoples, maps,
manuscripts and government records, according to Nature’s Linda Nordling.
3. The blaze broke out on the lower slopes of nearby Devil’s Peak, around 9 a.m. Sunday,
rapidly spreading down the mountain to the university campus. About 4,000 students
were evacuated from nearby residences and moved to temporary housing. Authorities are
currently investigating the cause of the fire, which was one of several sparked in the area
over the weekend. Authorities are investigating the possibility that an arsonist started at
least one of the blazes. Police took a 35-year-old male suspect into custody on Sunday
night.
4. Strong south-easterly winds pushed the fire toward Cape Town’s densely populated
neighbourhoods, where flames engulfed campus buildings and a hillside restaurant

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attached to the Rhodes Memorial, which commemorates British colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
The blaze also destroyed Mostert’s Mill, a 225-year-old structure that was the country’s
oldest working windmill.
5. More than 200 firefighters and emergency personnel worked to battle the flames
alongside four helicopters. Three firefighters were hospitalised with serious burns, but no
other casualties were reported. The greatest loss may be felt at the Jagger Reading Room,
which forms part of the UCT Libraries’ Special Collections and holds many unique and
irreplaceable items that tell the story of South African history.
6. Pippa Skotnes, curator of the school’s archive, tells the Times that the university’s
African film collection was among the losses. The archive boasted some 3,500 rare
African archival films and was one of the few of its kind in the world. University
librarians had been working to digitise the films, but the process is extraordinarily time
and labour-intensive, so just a “wafer thin” sliver of the total collections had been
preserved.
7. UCT’s Special Collections also include a range of print and audio-visual artifacts
related to African studies. These holdings represent one of the most expansive selections
of rare books, photographs, films, letters, and other primary sources documenting South
African history, including a robust trove of materials related to the fight against apartheid.
The Jagger building itself dated to the 1830s and had recently been renovated. Officials
are holding out hope that the flames failed to reach the bulk of the archive, which is
stored in two basement floors protected by fireproof doors. Many fear that firefighting
efforts inadvertently flooded the basement with water.

1.1. From where was this article taken?

(1)

1.2. Where did this fire originate?

(1)

1.3. List 2 of the most important losses mentioned in the article.

(2)
1.4. Explain the crime of arson.
(1)
1.5. What contributed to making the fire more difficult to contain?
(1)
1.6. Answer true or false. If false correct the statement.

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1.6.1. The blaze caused damage to the Mosert’s Mill.
1.6.2. Firefighters accidentally ruined the archive in the basement of the Jagger
building.

1.7. Give a synonym from the passage for the word, fire.
(1)
1.8. Give an antonym from the passage for the word, restored.
(1)
1.9 Explain the literal and figurative meaning of the term, “wafer thin”. (Paragraph
6)? (2)
1.10. How do we know that the African film collection was very old?
(1)
1.11. Why were the fireproof doors not able to prevent damage to the archive
stored in the two basement floors?
(2)
1.12. Do you agree with Pippa Skotnes’ reasons for not digitising the African
films? Justify your answer.
(2) 1.13. Do you agree that this particular Cape Town
fire was a devastating disaster even though there were only three casualties?
Justify your answer. (2)
TOTAL QUESTION 1:
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QUESTION 2: Summary
Reread the comprehension passage and summarise it into 1 paragraph.
(100 -110 words).

⦁ Include the main idea and important details only. Remember that your
paragraph must be written in your own words. Up to 7 marks will be
awarded for important details.

⦁ Your paragraph must be written in full sentences and be grammatically

correct. Up to 3 marks will be awarded for correct word count, correct
grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

⦁ Count and write down the number of words used at the end of your

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⦁ Correct number of own words. ⦁ Too many words. Too many ⦁ Too many/few words. Not in
borrowed words. own words.
⦁ Sentences are grammatically
correct. ⦁ Most sentences are ⦁ Several grammatically
grammatically correct. incorrect sentences.
⦁ No spelling or punctuation
errors. ⦁ A few spelling or punctuation ⦁ Several spelling or
errors. punctuation errors.

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Pay attention to the rubric below.

TOTAL QUESTION
2:___________/ 10
QUESTION 3: Visual text
Study the poster and answer the questions that follow.

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3.1. What caused the home to catch alight?
(1)
3.2. Were the man and his dog saved? Justify your answer.
(1)
3.3. Why do you think the words, Home fires are preventable, are in a larger font
than the words below it?
(1)
3.4. Explain how the idiom, to go up in smoke, is depicted in the image.
(2)
3.5. What is the main message of the poster?
(1)
3.6. How does the image persuade the reader to think twice about his/her
actions? (2)
3.7. According to the poster, where will one find research on fire prevention?
(1)
3.8. How would you use colour to make the poster more effective?
(1)

TOTAL QUESTION
3:________/ 10
Question 4 – Language Structures and Conventions

4.1. Classify the nouns listed in the table into one of the following
categories below. Write answers on your answer paper.
(1)

Common Noun Compound Common Noun Complex Noun

Proper Noun Abstract Noun

Noun Category
4.1.1. Devil’s Peak (Paragraph 3)
4.1.2. wafer thin (Paragraph 6)

4.2. Write the sentence below in the Simple Present Tense.

(1)
4.2.1. The Jagger building had been renovated.

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4.3. Write the sentence below in the Simple Past Tense.
(1)
4.3.1. The Jagger Reading Room had been holding many unique and
irreplaceable items.

4.4. Identify the punctuation used in the word below.

(1) Nature
4.5. The headline below is a statement. Change it into a simple sentence
question. (1)
4.5.1 Why the Cape Town Fire Is a Devastating Loss for South African Cultural
Heritage.

4.6. Identify the subject, finite verb, and object in the sentence below.
(3) 4.6.1. The Plant Conservation Unit and the Jagger Reading
Room experienced significant losses.

4.7. Write the sentence in singular. You will need to add an article and
make sure that there is agreement with the subject and the verb.
(3) 4.7.1 Authorities are currently
investigating the cause of the fire.

4.8. Give the correct form of the adjective.

(1) 4.8.1. The fire has caused a bad loss of all the fires in 2020.

4.9. Write the root word of the underlined word.

(1) 4.9.1. Flames engulfed campus buildings.

4.10. Write the sentence below in direct speech.

(2) 4.10.1. Linda Nordling said that the Jagger Reading Room had
housed priceless artifacts.

4.11. Write the sentence below in reported speech.

(2) 4.11.1. Reporters confirmed, “The blaze broke out on the lower
slopes of nearby Devil’s Peak.”

4.12. Identify the sentence below as a simple or compound sentence

(1) 4.12.1. These holdings represent one of the most expansive
selections of rare books, photographs, films, letters, and other primary sources
documenting South African history.

4.13. Use the sentences below to write a compound sentence.

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 (1) 4.13.1. Three firefighters were hospitalised with serious burns.
More than two hundred firefighters worked to battle the flames.

4.14. Write the sentence below in the passive voice.

(1) 4.14.1. Firefighters inadvertently flooded the basement with
water.

TOTAL
QUESTION 4:________/ 20

THE END!