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Grade 12 English entrance exam, 2008 E.C. (2016)

Real questions from the Grade 12 university entrance exam in English, as students sat it in 2008 E.C. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.

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Question 1

To please what do tell you they

  1. A.Please, they tell you to do what.
  2. B.Please, you tell they what to do.
  3. C.Please, do what they tell you to.
  4. D.Please, you do tell to they what.
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Answer: C Please, do what they tell you to.

Why

"Please, do what they tell you to" is the only grammatically correct imperative sentence formed using the given words.

Question 2

Breakfast to bread are have going for we.

  1. A.We are going to have bread for breakfast.
  2. B.We are going to have for breakfast bread.
  3. C.We are for breakfast going to have bread.
  4. D.We are going for bread to have breakfast.
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Answer: A We are going to have bread for breakfast.

Why

The standard English word order for this sentence is subject + be going to + verb + direct object + prepositional phrase: "We are going to have bread for breakfast."

Question 3

Medicine take are then instructed you never more to.

  1. A.Take more medicine than you are never instructed to.
  2. B.Never take more medicine than you are interested to.
  3. C.You are interacted never to take more than medicine.
  4. D.You are never instructed to take more than medicine.
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Answer: B Never take more medicine than you are interested to.

Why

Option B represents the standard health instruction ("Never take more medicine than you are instructed to"), where "interested" is an erratum for "instructed".

Question 4

Way there similar co Way there similar cold apes in humans be no which to are.

  1. A.There could be humans which no way are in similar to apes.
  2. B.There are no humans which could be in way similar to apes.
  3. C.There could be no way in which humans are similar to apes.
  4. D.There are apes which could no way be in similar to humans.
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Answer: C There could be no way in which humans are similar to apes.

Why

"There could be no way in which humans are similar to apes" is the only grammatically correct and meaningful arrangement of the scrambled words.

Question 5

Shume dog out little killed.

  1. A.Our shume little dog killed.
  2. B.Shume killed our little dog.
  3. C.Dog killed our shume little.
  4. D.Our little dog shume killed.
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Answer: B Shume killed our little dog.

Why

"Shume killed our little dog" follows the correct Subject-Verb-Object word order, with "out" in the stem being a typographical error for "our".

Question 6

A) Further, there are not as such any places for recreation. B) This means you will have to endure physical hard ship. C) Primary, it is often not easy to find a job that suits you. D) Living in the countryside has a number of disadvantages. E) You also have to walk to get somewhere, even long distance.

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

Why

Sentence (d) introduces the topic (disadvantages of living in the countryside), followed by the first point (c), an additional point (a), transport issues (e), and its consequence (b).

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