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Grade 12 English entrance exam, 2009 E.C. (2017)

Real questions from the Grade 12 university entrance exam in English, as students sat it in 2009 E.C. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.

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Question 1

You I you say to for did want for all us thank.

  1. A.I want to say thank you for all you did for us.
  2. B.you want to say I thank you for all did for us.
  3. C.I did want you for all for us to say thank you.
  4. D.you say I want to thank you for all did for us.
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Answer: A I want to say thank you for all you did for us.

Why

Option A forms a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence ('I want to say thank you for all you did for us') using all the given words exactly once.

Question 2

the work for she twenty- two she company to when was started.

  1. A.She for the company started to work when she was twenty two.
  2. B.She when was twenty- two she started to work for the company.
  3. C.She started to work for the company when she was twenty -two.
  4. D.When she started to work for the company, she was twenty-two.
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Answer: C She started to work for the company when she was twenty -two.

Why

Option C presents the standard, natural English sentence structure (independent clause followed by an adverbial time clause: 'She started to work for the company when she was twenty-two').

Question 3

in my hospital sister a works.

  1. A.My hospital works in a sister.
  2. B.My sister in a hospital works.
  3. C.My sister works in a hospital.
  4. D.In a hospital works my sister.
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Answer: C My sister works in a hospital.

Why

Option C arranges the words into standard subject-verb-prepositional phrase order: 'My sister works in a hospital.'

Question 4

any to don't us seem more understand they.

  1. A.To understand us they don't seem any more.
  2. B.They don't seem to understand us any more.
  3. C.Any more they don't seem to understand us.
  4. D.They seem to don't understand us any more.
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Answer: B They don't seem to understand us any more.

Why

Option B follows proper English word order with the negative auxiliary verb preceding the main verb: 'They don't seem to understand us any more.'

Question 5

a. All of us are prone to the same fundamental human principles that cause these cases of scientific denial. b. Because it is not ignorance. c. But if we really want to change how they think, we need to take an honest look at what is driving those beliefs. d. It is easy to dismiss people who believe things that are factually incorrect. e. It is psychology. f. Research has proven that humans are distinctly uncomfortable with events or phenomena without clear cause, and when we do not know something, we tend to fill in the gaps ourselves.

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

Why

Sequence D presents a logical flow: introducing people's incorrect beliefs (d), how to address them (c), explaining that the cause is not ignorance (b) but psychology (e), showing we are all susceptible (a), and citing research evidence (f).

Question 6

a. Hundreds of millions of people can recognize a Coke bottle by its shape. b. And the famous Coca- Cola logo is the most famous logo in the world. c. Do you know the most recognizable object in the world? d. Unlike any other famous commercial logos. It has not changed in 100 years. e. The Coca- Cola bottle is the most recognized object in the world.

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

Why

Sequence B begins with a rhetorical question (c), answers it (e), gives supporting detail about the bottle (a), transitions to the logo (b), and adds a final fact about the logo (d).

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