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Grade 12 English entrance exam, 2016 E.C. (2024), social stream

Real questions from the Grade 12 university entrance exam in English, as students sat it in 2016 E.C. Every question comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation. This is the social stream paper. The other stream sat a different English paper the same year, listed further down.

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  • Social science stream

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  • 2016 E.C. (2024), social stream

    Exam year

  • 77 questions with answers

    In this set

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Question 6

a. The main obstacle is the quality of the roads. b. Driving in the city is really difficult. c. I hope the city administration is working hard to improve the situation. d. The number of cars the city hosts is also much higher than the capacity of the city.

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

Why

Sentence 'b' acts as the topic sentence, 'a' and 'd' provide the first and second obstacle respectively (connected by 'also'), and 'c' concludes with the author's hope.

Question 7

a. It is, therefore, possible to say that reading with undivided attention for a short time makes people more effective than sitting in a library the whole night. b. One reason for this may be that they get distracted frequently by some noise around them or phone calls from their friends. c. While reading their notes, this might also take their concentration away from what they are reading. d. If they worry too much about the exam and why do some students who study for long hours sometimes fail their exams?

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

Why

Sentence 'd' starts with a question, 'b' answers it by giving a reason, 'c' elaborates on that reason, and 'a' concludes the argument with 'therefore'.

Question 9

a. Others assert that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. b. To support their claim, they point to the frequent unrest being caused by all the fake news being spread every minute. c. Some people say that social media is doing more harm than good. d. According to them, useful changes happen rapidly all over the world due to social media.

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

Why

Sentence 'c' introduces the negative view of social media, 'b' supports it, 'a' presents the contrasting positive view, and 'd' supports the positive view, making the flow 'c b a d' highly coherent.

Question 17

always/ aspired/ to/ famous/ she/ become/ really/ has.

  1. A.She has always aspired to become really famous.
  2. B.She really has become always aspired to famous.
  3. C.She always has to become really famous aspired.
  4. D.Always, she aspired to has become famous really.
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Answer: A She has always aspired to become really famous.

Why

This option forms a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence following the standard English word order: Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Adverb + Main Verb + Infinitive phrase.

Question 18

when/ jogging/ to/ listen/ music/ he/ not/ goes/ does/ he,

  1. A.When he does not jogging, he goes to music listen.
  2. B.He does not listen to music when he goes jogging.
  3. C.He goes to listen music when he does not jogging.
  4. D.When he does jogging, he not goes to listen music.
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Answer: B He does not listen to music when he goes jogging.

Why

This option represents the only grammatically coherent arrangement of the words, placing the main clause before the adverbial time clause.

Question 19

Which one of the following is NOT among student's duties in college?

  1. A.reading for exams
  2. B.writing term papers
  3. C.doing a part-time job
  4. D.doing assignments
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Answer: C doing a part-time job

Why

Academic tasks like reading, writing papers, and assignments are official duties of a student, whereas a part-time job is a personal choice and not a college requirement.

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The other English papers of 2016 E.C.

2016 E.C. (2024)2016 E.C. (2024), natural stream2016 E.C. model exam

English papers from other years

2018 E.C. (2026)2018 E.C. (2026), round 12018 E.C. (2026), social stream2018 E.C. (2026), version 12018 E.C. (2026), version 22017 E.C. (2025)2017 E.C. (2025), booklet 2142017 E.C. (2025), version 12015 E.C. (2023)2015 E.C. (2023), natural stream2014 E.C. (2022)2014 E.C. (2022), natural stream2013 E.C. (2021)2013 E.C. (2021), version 12011 E.C. (2019)2010 E.C. (2018)2009 E.C. (2017)2008 E.C. (2016)2007 E.C. (2015)2006 E.C. (2014)2005 E.C. (2013)

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