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Grade 12 English entrance exam, 2007 E.C. (2015)

Real questions from the Grade 12 university entrance exam in English, as students sat it in 2007 E.C. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.

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Question 1

He around robbed that bank spread a easily

  1. A.That he robbed a bank spread around easily.
  2. B.Around that bank he easily robbed a spread.
  3. C.He easily robbed a bank around that spread.
  4. D.He easily robbed a bank that around spread.
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Answer: A That he robbed a bank spread around easily.

Why

Option A correctly arranges the words into a grammatical sentence where the noun clause 'That he robbed a bank' functions as the subject of the predicate 'spread around easily'.

Question 2

Register at we college the now must?

  1. A.Must register we at the college now?
  2. B.Must we register at the college now?
  3. C.Must we at the college register now?
  4. D.Must we now at the college register?
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Answer: B Must we register at the college now?

Why

A yes/no question using a modal verb follows the standard word order: Modal ('Must') + Subject ('we') + Base Verb ('register') + Prepositional phrase ('at the college') + Time adverbial ('now').

Question 3

To get a seat on the front row we arrived an hour early

  1. A.we arrived and hour early to get a seat on the front row.
  2. B.On the front row we arrived an hour early to get a seat.
  3. C.We to get a seat on the front row arrived an hour early.
  4. D.An hour early to get a seat we arrived on the front row
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Answer: A we arrived and hour early to get a seat on the front row.

Why

Option A presents the standard Subject-Verb-Adverbial order ('we arrived an hour early') followed by the infinitive phrase of purpose ('to get a seat on the front row').

Question 4

Immediately the police report to please

  1. A.immediately report please to the police.
  2. B.Please to the police report immediately.
  3. C.Immediately please report to the police.
  4. D.Please report immediately to the police.
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Answer: D Please report immediately to the police.

Why

The standard polite imperative structure begins with 'Please', followed by the verb ('report'), the manner adverb ('immediately'), and the prepositional object ('to the police').

Question 5

Mammo dog the skinny killed

  1. A.Mammo the skinny dog killed.
  2. B.Skinny dog killed the Mammo.
  3. C.Skinny the dog Mammo killed
  4. D.The skinny dog killed Mammo.
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Answer: D The skinny dog killed Mammo.

Why

Option D correctly places the determiner and adjective before the noun subject ('The skinny dog'), followed by the transitive verb ('killed') and proper noun object ('Mammo').

Question 6

a) Form words do not always have meaning in themselves b) When you study. You often need to make short notes. c) Here are some useful suggestions to improve your study skill. d) Such words are called form words. e) To do this efficiently. You need to omit all unimportant words.

  1. A.b c a e d
  2. B.c e d a b
  3. C.c b e d a
  4. D.d e a c b
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Answer: C c b e d a

Why

The paragraph logically begins with an introductory suggestion (c), introduces note-taking (b), explains how to do it efficiently by omitting unimportant words (e), identifies these as form words (d), and clarifies their meaning (a).

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