Comprehension & Reading Strategies is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 English 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 reading strategy involves reading slowly and carefully, sentence by sentence, to fully understand meaning and detail?
Intensive reading
Skimming
Scanning
Proofreading
Answer: Intensive reading — Intensive reading means reading closely and carefully, the strategy Grade 11 FAL comprehension relies on most heavily.
Easy
2. Which command word requires a learner to copy the exact words from the passage?
Quote
Explain
Discuss
Identify
Answer: Quote — "Quote" requires copying the exact words from the passage, usually enclosed in quotation marks, unlike "explain" or "discuss" which require the learner's own words.
Medium
3. What is a strong guide to how much detail a comprehension answer requires?
Answer: The number of marks allocated to the question — The number of marks allocated is a strong guide: a 1-mark question needs a short answer, while a 3-mark question needs a fuller, more developed one.
