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Grade 12 English entrance exam, 2011 E.C. (2019)

Real questions from the Grade 12 university entrance exam in English, as students sat it in 2011 E.C. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation.

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Question 1

a take half it one days to may and cure.

  1. A.It may take one and a half days to cure.
  2. B.It may take one and half days to a cure.
  3. C.It may take to cure one and a half days.
  4. D.It may take a one and half days to cure.
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Answer: A It may take one and a half days to cure.

Why

The scrambled words are correctly arranged to form the grammatically and semantically sound sentence: 'It may take one and a half days to cure.'

Question 2

his bet would I heart she win.

  1. A.I win his heart she would bet.
  2. B.I would win she bet his heart.
  3. C.I bet she would win his heart.
  4. D.She would win I bet his heart.
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Answer: C I bet she would win his heart.

Why

The scrambled words form the logical and grammatically correct English sentence: 'I bet she would win his heart.'

Question 3

before were in they a all packed room interrogation tiny started.

  1. A.Before they were packed started all interrogation in a tiny room.
  2. B.They were all packed in a tiny room before interrogation started.
  3. C.Interrogation were started before they all packed in a tiny room.
  4. D.All packed in a tiny room before they were started interrogation.
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Answer: B They were all packed in a tiny room before interrogation started.

Why

Arranging the words in the order of Option B produces 'They were all packed in a tiny room before interrogation started', which is the only coherent and grammatically correct sentence.

Question 4

the elsewhere is of unfriendly town people full from.

  1. A.The town is unfriendly full of people from elsewhere.
  2. B.From elsewhere is the town full of unfriendly people.
  3. C.Unfriendly people from elsewhere is full of the town.
  4. D.The town is full of unfriendly people from elsewhere.
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Answer: D The town is full of unfriendly people from elsewhere.

Why

Reassembling the words in Option D gives 'The town is full of unfriendly people from elsewhere', which is a grammatically perfect and natural English sentence.

Question 5

they who are know do you?

  1. A.Do they know who are you?
  2. B.Do they know who you are?
  3. C.Who are you do they know?
  4. D.Who do you know they are?
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Answer: B Do they know who you are?

Why

'Do they know who you are?' is the correct order because the indirect question (noun clause) 'who you are' must follow statement word order (subject + verb) rather than question word order.

Question 7

a. You should appreciate this perfect system for cleaning your room. b. Now find a location for the items you had placed in the center of the room. c. Then, take out all of the trash and any other thing you have not used recently. d. For any remaining items, see if you can stuff them into the back of your closet. e. Start with moving items that do not have a proper place to the center of the room.

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

Why

The sequence starts with an introduction to the system (a), followed by the first step (e), the second step (c), finding a location for remaining items (b), and ends with stuffing leftover items (d).

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