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Grade 12 English unit 3: Evidence on Traffic Accident

Everything here is for unit 3 of the Grade 12 English textbook: what the chapter covers, the short notes, practice questions with their answers, and the lesson video where one exists.

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If sentences: matching the tenses · 4 min · 2 past exam questions worked through

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Short notes for unit 3

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ConditionalIf ClauseResult ClauseUse
ZeroSimple PresentSimple Present / ImperativeScientific facts, general rules
Type ISimple Presentwill / can / should + Verb 1Real possibilities in the future
Type IISimple Pastwould / could / might + Verb 1Unreal present or future situations
Type IIIPast Perfect (had + Verb 3)would / could / might + have + Verb 3Unreal past conditions and regrets

When you use it

Use this table to balance tenses between conditional if clauses and their main result clauses.

Watch out

Never put would in the if clause itself, and do not mix past perfect with a simple base verb.

Drafted from Grade 12 English, pages 54-73, then checked twice before it went up

When you use it

Use present participles (-ing) for active meanings and past participles (-ed / V3) for passive meanings, placing them next to the noun they modify.

Watch out

Placing a participle phrase far from the target noun creates a misplaced modifier that mistakenly modifies the wrong word.

Drafted from Grade 12 English, pages 54-73, then checked twice before it went up

Practice questions on unit 3

10 multiple-choice questions written against this chapter, each with its answer and the reason. Try one before you open the answer.

Question 1

According to Reading Text A, what target was set by Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG-3) for the year 2020?

  1. A.To halve the global number of fatalities and injuries from road traffic accidents
  2. B.To stop the manufacturing of motorized two-wheel vehicles
  3. C.To build asphalt highways across all low-income countries
  4. D.To double the number of licensed drivers in developing nations
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Answer: A To halve the global number of fatalities and injuries from road traffic accidents

Why

Reading Text A states that Goal-3 of the Sustainable Development Goals set a target to halve the global number of fatalities and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2020.

Question 2

According to the vocabulary matching exercise in Unit 3, what is the meaning of per-annum?

  1. A.By the month
  2. B.By the year, yearly
  3. C.Per vehicle
  4. D.Every decade
Show the answer and why

Answer: B By the year, yearly

Why

In Activity 3.6, the phrase per-annum is defined as by the year, yearly.

Question 3

According to the grammar summary table, which type of conditional sentence is: "If you put oil in water, it floats"?

  1. A.Zero Conditional
  2. B.Conditional I (Real)
  3. C.Conditional II (Unreal)
  4. D.Conditional III (Impossible)
Show the answer and why

Answer: A Zero Conditional

Why

The sentence expresses a scientific fact using the simple present tense in both clauses, which is a Zero Conditional.

Question 4

In Activity 3.3, which of the following expressions is used for agreeing with an opinion?

  1. A.What do you reckon?
  2. B.If you ask me...
  3. C.I couldn't agree more.
  4. D.I'm afraid I disagree.
Show the answer and why

Answer: C I couldn't agree more.

Why

"I couldn't agree more" is listed as an expression used to show complete agreement.

Question 5

According to Reading Text B (WHO 2018 report), which country had the highest rate of road traffic deaths, at 73.4 deaths per 100,000 people?

  1. A.Thailand
  2. B.Malawi
  3. C.Libya
  4. D.Gabon
Show the answer and why

Answer: C Libya

Why

Reading Text B names Libya as the nation with the highest rate of road traffic deaths at 73.4 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by Thailand (36.2) and Malawi (35).

Question 6

Based on Reading Text A, what percentage of road traffic accident casualties occur in the economically active age group of 15 to 44 years?

  1. A.Less than 25%
  2. B.Exactly 50%
  3. C.Around 10%
  4. D.More than 75%
Show the answer and why

Answer: D More than 75%

Why

Reading Text A explains that more than 75% of road traffic accident casualties occur in the 15 to 44 years age group.

Question 7

Choose the correct past participle form to complete the sentence from Activity 3.9:
"Bridge is a card game ______ by four people."

  1. A.playing
  2. B.played
  3. C.plays
  4. D.to play
Show the answer and why

Answer: B played

Why

The past participle played acts as an adjective modifier describing the noun phrase a card game.

Question 8

Which verb phrase correctly completes this Conditional Type III sentence?
"If you had been on time, you ______ the bus."

  1. A.wouldn't have missed
  2. B.won't miss
  3. C.wouldn't miss
  4. D.don't miss
Show the answer and why

Answer: A wouldn't have missed

Why

Conditional III uses had + past participle in the if-clause and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause.

Question 9

In Activity 3.10, the sentence "The cars are taken to the nearest garage crashed" contains a misplaced modifier. What is the correct revision?

  1. A.The crashed cars are taken to the nearest garage.
  2. B.Taken to the nearest garage, the cars are crashed.
  3. C.The cars are taken crashed to the nearest garage.
  4. D.Crashed to the nearest garage, the cars are taken.
Show the answer and why

Answer: A The crashed cars are taken to the nearest garage.

Why

The participle crashed modifies cars and should be placed directly before the noun: "The crashed cars are taken to the nearest garage."

Question 10

Choose the correct verb form to complete the Conditional Type II sentence from Activity 3.8:
"Traffic accidents ______ if people were careful."

  1. A.will decrease
  2. B.would decrease
  3. C.would have decreased
  4. D.decrease
Show the answer and why

Answer: B would decrease

Why

In Conditional Type II (unreal condition), when the if-clause uses the simple past (were), the main clause takes would + infinitive without to (would decrease).

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The textbook pages for unit 3

Unit 3 runs from page 54 to page 73 of the Ministry of Education edition.

Ministry of Education edition, English, 270 pages

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