# English Hl Grade 8 Paper 1 November 2018 Question Paper (English) > Grade 8 English Hl Paper 1 question paper from the November 2018 (English), 8 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, memo linked when available. - Page: https://www.hlayiso.com/library/english-hl-p1-nov-2018/06f87c4d-8383-4829-8c1d-52297cc37af7 - Updated: 2026-09-27 - Subject: English Hl - Grade: Grade 8 - Language: English - Document type: Question paper - Year: 2018 - Exam period: November - Paper: 1 - Curriculum: CAPS - Pages: 8 Breadcrumbs: [Home](https://www.hlayiso.com/) › [Library](https://www.hlayiso.com/library) › [Grade 8](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-8) › [English Hl](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-8/english-hl) › [English Hl Grade 8 Paper 1 November 2018 Question Paper (English)](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/english-hl-p1-nov-2018/06f87c4d-8383-4829-8c1d-52297cc37af7) ## About this document English Hl · Grade 8 · November · 2018 · English. Question paper, 8 pages. Read online or download the PDF. Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 Downloaded from hlayiso.com SASTRI COLLEGE (Se) DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES ese Sc NOVEMBER EXAMINATION: 2018 Sx) ‘e437 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE Sey GRADE 8 — PAPER ONE sneer Feeinw semaine tances, EXAMINER: Ms R Ramather MODERATOR: Ms P Govender DURATION: 7 Hour MAXIMUM MARK: 40 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. NO a BF WN This question paper comprises THREE sections: SECTION A: Comprehension (40 marks) SECTION B: Analysing Visual Literacy (20 marks} SECTION C: Language in Context (10 marks) Answer ALL sections. Rule off after each section. Number the answers according to the numbering system in this paper. Pay special attention to spelling and sentence construction Write neatly and legibly. This paper consists of 7 pages. ### Page 2 Downloaded from hlayiso.com SECTION A: COMPREHENSION QUESTION 1: READING FOR MEANING AND UNDERSTANDING Read TEXT A below and answer the questions set. TEXTA TWO OCEANS CRUTCH RUNNER AIMING EVEN HIGHER BY JENNA ETHERIDGE While 31-year-old Ipeleng ‘Crazy Legs’ Khunou is relieved he finished the Two Oceans Half Marathon on crutches just before the cut-off time, he believes he can do even better. Khunou was born with septo-optic dysplasia, a rare brain deformity. Khunou, the first ‘crutch runner to finish the marathon, wowed fellow 5 runners with his tenacity when he pushed to the end. He completed the race in three hours fifteen minutes. He is looking to finishing the race in under three hours next year. ‘My feet have never shaken so much before because | was stressing about the cut-off time. | did not want to see the guy with the gun counting down,’ Khunou describes. 10 He has to use crutches because he has no balance as a result of the condition. {t also affects his eyesight. A few kilometres into the twenty one kilometre race, he felt calmer and enjoyed the uphill climbs because it was easier to balance. As he reached the finish line, he decided to sprint the last two metres. 15 The move left him with cramps but absolute relief to have finished. His victory was something he could barely imagine when he started running to lose weight in 2016. He ran this marathon to raise funds for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Home. Khunou says that he is extremely grateful to everyone who helped him 20 during the race and also to everyone who congratulated him afterwards. His Facebook inbox has been overflowing with messages of support and invitations to participate in other races. He has already done a five kilometre recovery run and will soon be back to a strict 25 schedule that alternates sprints with long-distance running. In May, he will join a team of differently'able runners and hand cyclist in a non-stop twenty-four hour, ten-day, two thousand one hundred kilometre journey from Pretoria to Cape Town. Enthusiastic about his other adventures, Khunou adds: ‘I will dgginitely 30 2 ### Page 3 Downloaded from hlayiso.com | be back (ai the Two Oceans Marathon) next year and | am hoping to do an international! race next year’ (Adapted from News24, April 2018] GLOSSARY Tenacity: The quality or fact of continuing to persist or be determined. QUESTIONS 14 Identify the journalist of this article. (1) 1.2 Select the correct alternative from the list below. Write only the chosen alternative. The Two Oceans Half Marathon takes place in... A. Johannesburg B. Cape Town C. Durban D. Pretoria (1) 1.3 Name the health condition Ipeleng Khunou was born with. (1) 1.4 Refer to paragraph 2. Refer to lines 10-12,"My feet have ... gun counting down’, In your own words, describe what these lines reveal about Ipeleng’s attitude towards the marathon. (2) 1.5 Explain the reason for Ipeleng’s achievement. (2) 1.6 Explain the public’s reaction to Khunou’s achievement. Substantiate your answer by quoting from the text. (3) TOTAL SECTION A: 16 ### Page 4 Downloaded from hlayiso.com SECTION B: ANALYSING VISUAL LITERACY QUESTION 2: ANALYSING ADVERTISING Study the following advertisement (TEXT B) and answer the questions set. TEXT B TEARS is a pro-life, non-profit organisation who exists to rescue, rehabilitate, reunite and re-home lost, abandoned, abused and neglected animals. We strive to uplift the lives of companion animals in disadvantaged communities by providing sterilisation, primary health care and veterinary treatment. We care for an average of 300 rescued dogs, cats, puppies and kittens, who are alt waiting patiently for someone to love! a tear ANIMAL PESCUE t | ### Page 5 Downloaded from hlayiso.com QUESTIONS 2.4 identity the tarcet audience of this advertisement. aD) 2.2 State ONE advertising technique used in this advertisement and show how itis effective. (2) 2.3 Name TWO services that ‘TEARS’ provides. (2) 2.4 Comment on the effect the picture has in the advertisement. (2) 2.5 Is the picture of the ‘tear’ appropriate for this advertisement? Subsiantiate your answer by examining the picture. (3) [10] QUESTION 3: UNDERSTANDING OTHER ASPECTS OF MEDIA Study TEXT C and TEXT D and answer the set questions. TEXT C QUESTIONS 3.4.1 Identify TWO visual clues to indicate that the Earth is feeling feverish. (2) 3.1.2 Why you think the earth is feverish? Explain your answer. (2) 3.1.3 Name the social ‘issue’ that is being portrayed in this text. q) ### Page 6 Downloaded from hlayiso.com TEXT D MADAM & EVE by Stephen Francis & Mice TiGimmeoa me | | eeNT en wawe || EIGHT! — ° TeUSER PARK HAS Soiw uP, | TON | | yaseengRiCe DTT 1S EAE SUG r ante wath Yoke ' Oe See | | A GAME = RIGHTEED Te OF i | BAMGER RHiple POACHING. fie FRAME 2 FRAME 3 FRAME 4 gq FRAMF 1 QUESTIONS 3.2.1 State what the zigzag line represents, in frame 1. (4) 3.2.2 Refer to frame 3. 3.2.2.1 What is Thandi’s mood? (1) 3.2.22 Identify TWO visual clues to support your answer. (2) 32.3 Provide a possible reason for the silence in frame 4. (1) {10] TOTAL SECTION B: 20 SECTION C: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT QUESTION 4: USING LANGUAGE CORRECTLY Read TEXT E, which contains same deliberate errors, and answer the questions set. TEXTE Measle and the Doompit 4. Iggy went on blowing out his foul breath, without ever taking a breath in — and the cloud of invisible, magical gases built steadily in the narrow space. The ant must have pushed itself into the outer edge of these poisonous fumes, because quiet suddenly it stopped moving forward. Its antennae twitched 5 wildly for several seconds and then they drooped down over its great round head. The whole body of the enormous creature seemed to sag downwards and, a moment later — apart from the occassional twitch from the ends of its antennae — it lay still. 10 [Adapted from Measle and the Doompit, Ogilvy, |} ### Page 7 Downloaded from hlayiso.com QUESTIONS 4.1. State one other way the title can be written. 4.2 identify the parts of speéch of the underlined words in: 4.2.4 Line? . 4.2.2 Line3 4.3 Provide an antonym (opposite meaning) for the word ‘invisible’ in line 2. 4.4 Correct the spelling errors in line 4 and line 9 respectively. 4.5 Provide a synonym (same meaning) for the word ‘drooped’ in line 6. 46 Refer to fines 9-10, a moment later — apart from...’ State the purpose of the dash (—). 47 Change the following sentence to indirect speech: Iggy said, “The giant ants are immune to my magical breath.” Begin your answer with: Iggy said that ... TOTAL SECTION C: GRAND TOTAL: (1) (1) (1) (2) 10 40 ### Page 8 Downloaded from hlayiso.com ## Related documents - [English HL P1 Nov 2017 Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/english-hl-p1-nov-2017-memo/ad067bdc-4dbc-45f5-96ca-0e618d508f5d) — English HL · Memo · 2017 · Eng - [English HL P2 Nov 2015](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/english-hl-p2-nov-2015/e0f491fb-91a7-4c11-acd8-b0657d263fd4) — English HL · QP · 2015 · Eng - [English HL P2 Nov 2015 Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/english-hl-p2-nov-2015-memo/a5598d73-8e93-45a7-8e55-0d2b1f6c2df6) — English HL · Memo · 2015 · Eng - [Grade 8 English HL P1 November 2026 Mock Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-8-english-hl-2026-november-mock-exam-memorandum-paper-1-english/e2d13898-1854-482f-a95f-c9520395e8c9) — English HL · Memo · 2026 · Eng - [English HL P1 March 2016 Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/english-hl-p1-march-2016-memo/d33e6320-4bf6-437b-bcd5-9533e7046cf3) — English HL · Memo · 2016 · Eng - [CAPS SP HL ENGLISH GR 7-9 web](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/caps-sp-hl-english-gr-7-9-web/f39488af-d56d-404c-ad04-c1db6ba17825) — English HL · CAPS · Eng ## More from Grade 8 English Hl - [Grade 8 English HL P2 November 2026 Mock Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-8-english-hl-2026-november-mock-exam-memorandum-paper-2-english/14903276-b36c-4fb6-9d66-f78fd1295c12) — Memo · 2026 · Eng - [June-2017-G8-Eng HL-P2-MEMO](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/june-2017-g8-eng-hl-p2-memo/afe45289-83c2-40f9-9663-6afa59c245a1) — Memo · 2017 · Eng ## Collection - [Grade 8 past papers](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-8/past-papers) --- Hlayiso: free CAPS and IEB past papers, memos, notes and study guides for South African learners. 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