Afrikaans First Additional Language · Grade 10 CAPS
Summary Writing
Summary Writing is one of 9 topics in the Grade 10 Afrikaans First Additional Language CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What is the Afrikaans word for "summary"?
Opsomming
Paragraaf
Woordeskat
Voegwoord
Answer: Opsomming — "Opsomming" means summary in Afrikaans, the skill of condensing a passage down to its important facts.
Easy
2. The first step in writing an Afrikaans "opsomming" (summary) should be to:
Read the passage carefully to identify the truly important facts
Immediately start writing without reading the passage
Copy the entire passage word for word
Count the words in the passage before reading it
Answer: Read the passage carefully to identify the truly important facts — Reading the passage carefully first allows the learner to identify which pieces of information are truly important main facts, as opposed to minor supporting details.
Medium
3. An Afrikaans summary instruction asks a learner to "som die VOORDELE op wat die skrywer noem" (summarise the ADVANTAGES the writer mentions). What should information about DISADVANTAGES be, if mentioned in the same passage?
Answer: Left out of the summary — Since the instruction specifically asks for advantages, information about disadvantages falls outside that focus and should be left out of the summary.
