Active/Passive Voice, Direct/Indirect Speech & Negation is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 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. Which sentence is written in the Afrikaans PASSIVE voice?
Die opstelle word deur die onderwyser gemerk.
Die onderwyser merk die opstelle.
Die onderwyser sal die opstelle merk.
Die onderwyser het die opstelle geskryf.
Answer: Die opstelle word deur die onderwyser gemerk. — Passive voice reverses the emphasis so the subject "die opstelle" receives the action, formed with "word" plus a past participle.
Easy
2. Which Afrikaans word introduces who performed the action in a passive sentence, equivalent to English "by"?
Deur
Word
Is
Nie
Answer: Deur — "Deur" (by) introduces the performer of the action in a passive sentence.
Medium
3. Which word is used before "word" plus a past participle to form the Afrikaans FUTURE tense passive, as in "Die opstelle ___ deur die onderwyser gemerk word"?
Answer: Sal — The future tense passive uses "sal" plus "word" plus the past participle: "Die opstelle sal deur die onderwyser gemerk word."
