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GRADE 11 SUMMER INTERVENTION 2020 Getting ready for Matric 2021

ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE


GRADE 12
PAPER 1: MARKING GUIDELINES ON LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
RESOURCES: Grade 12 past examination papers

QUESTION 1: TEXT A

1.1 Active / energetic / fit / athletic girl / woman (1)


1.2 belief (1)
1.3 clicks / squawks (1)
1.4.1 Hanli usually went a little too far out at sea for her parents' comfort on seaside
holidays (1)
1.4.2 Discomfort (1)
1.5 Illustration (1)
1.6 It is used to enclose/insert additional information. (1)
1.7 The reality of swimming with sharks can even be applied (by you) in the corporate
world. (1)
1.8 reminds (1)

1.9 D / negative connotation (1)

[10]

QUESTION 2: TEXT B

2.1 allusion → illusion(1)


2.2 themselves → itself (1)
2.3 an ideal / perfect place / state (1)
2.4 weather → whether (1)
2.5 amount (1)
2.6 The owners’ interests (1)
2.7 utilisation (1)
2.8 C / Metaphor (1)
2.9 We are intentionally being deceived by the media (1)
2.10 Sarcastic / Cynical / Bitter (1)
[10]

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QUESTION 3: TEXT C

3.1 constantly/continually/continuously/always/incessantly/non-stop
[Accept other suitable synonyms.] (1)

3.2 Parenthesis / Dashes indicate that additional information is included. (1)

3.3 They crawl from the venue on all fours, uncontrollably weeping all
the way home.
They crawled from the venue on all fours, and wept uncontrollably all
the way home.
Crawling from the venue on all fours, they wept uncontrollably all
the way home.
Crawling from the venue on all fours, they were weeping uncontrollably all the
way home.
[Accept alternative responses – introducing a subject and a finite verb.] (1)

3.4 experience (1)

3.5 were – was (line 8)/sizeable percentages of the audience were...


('a' must be omitted.) (1)

3.6 The hyperbole has been ramped up (by us). (1)

3.7 Praise / approval (1)

3.8 If your face leaks that easily (1)

3.9 Pretentious / pretended (1)

3.10 'it' could refer to 'obsession', 'pop music' or 'performance'.


[Accept reference to any TWO options.] (1)
[10]

QUESTION 4: TEXT D

4.1 (SENTENCE)
Compound sentence (1)

4.2 (PASSIVE VOICE)


Individuals who take it to the extreme, leaving behind what we take for granted,
are showcased by the series Where the Wild Men Are. (2)

4.3 (SPLIT INFINITIVE)


to spend (1)

4.4 (PART OF SPEECH)


a (compound) adjective (1)

4.5 (SPELLING ERROR)


Access (1)

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4.6 (REPORTED SPEECH)
He says that it was a gruelling dangerous way of life and he does not want to return
to his old life.
OR
Colbert said that it had been (1) a gruelling dangerous way of life but
that he did not want to return to his old life. (1) (2)

4.7 (CONCORD)
are
(Do not award a mark for a past tense version.) (1)

4.8 (FUNCTION OF PUNCTUATION MARK)


The dash allows a dramatic pause in the flow of the sentence, highlighting the
contrast with what was said before it. / The dash adds extra information. (1)
[10]

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