Afrikaans First Additional Language · Grade 11 CAPS
Adjectives, Articles, Conjunctions & Prepositions
Adjectives, Articles, Conjunctions & Prepositions 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. What is the Afrikaans comparative form of "groot" (big), meaning "bigger"?
Groter
Grootste
Grooter
Groot-er
Answer: Groter — The Afrikaans comparative degree usually adds "-er" to the base adjective: "groot" becomes "groter".
Easy
2. Which Afrikaans word means "very", intensifying an adjective, as in "baie mooi" (very beautiful)?
Baie
Groter
Die
Deur
Answer: Baie — "Baie" (very) is an intensiewe vorm (intensive form) used to strengthen an adjective's meaning.
Medium
3. Give the irregular Afrikaans superlative form of "goed" (good), meaning "the best".
Answer: Die beste — "Goed" has irregular comparison forms: "beter" (better) and "die beste" (the best), similar to English's own irregular pattern.
