English FAL Grade 10 Paper 2 November Mock 2026 Memo

hlayiso mock exams Practice Series: Grade 10 Exam Preparation WWW.HLAYISO.COM NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 10 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P2 NOVEMBER EXAMINATION 2026 (MOCK) MARKING GUIDELINES MARKS: 70 These marking guidelines consist of 10 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 2 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines INSTRUCTIONS TO MARKERS 1. Candidates answer TWO questions, ONE question each from ANY TWO sections. If a candidate answers more than two sections, mark only the first two sections answered. 2. These marking guidelines are a guide. Many questions are open-ended; credit any relevant, well-substantiated response, even if it is not listed here. 3. Because the focus is on understanding, spelling and language errors should not be penalised unless they change the meaning of the answer. 4. For open-ended questions, no marks are awarded for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. The substantiation is what is credited. 5. When TWO/THREE facts/points are required and more are given, mark only the first TWO/THREE. 6. For multiple-choice and matching questions, accept the letter AND/OR the answer written out in full. 7. For ‘Change ONE word’ questions, accept only the corrected word (or the corrected statement with that word changed). 8. For figure-of-speech questions, the figure of speech must be correctly identified; the explanation must refer to BOTH the comparison/device AND its relevance in the extract/poem. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 3 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION A: NOVEL QUESTION 1: TREASURE ISLAND 1.1 1.1.1 (a) E✓ (4) (b) B✓ (c) D✓ (d) A✓ (4 x 1) 1.1.2 At the Admiral Benbow inn, which is run by Jim’s parents✓, beside a cove on the coast of England/on the coast road to Bristol, in the 1700s (eighteenth century).✓ (2) 1.1.3 (a) Simile✓ (1) (b) The captain’s snort is compared to the loud, harsh sound of a ship’s fog-horn✓. It shows that he is rough/rude/unfriendly and frightening; he uses this noise instead of words to keep people away from him.✓ (2) 1.1.4 He is afraid of/hiding from his old shipmates (Flint’s pirates).✓ He wants to avoid them because they are looking for him/for what he has in his sea-chest (Flint’s map).✓ (2) 1.1.5 Long John Silver✓ (1) 1.1.6 Jim is terrified/anxious/haunted by fear.✓ He has nightmares in which he sees the one-legged man as a monster in a thousand evil forms, chasing him over hedges and ditches.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not well-substantiated. (2) 1.1.7 B/a map of Treasure Island.✓ (1) 1.1.8 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. Although he is only a boy, Jim faces danger many times. He returns to the inn with his mother to open the captain’s chest while the pirates are on their way; he listens to Silver’s plans from inside the apple barrel and warns the captain; he sets the Hispaniola adrift on his own and shoots Israel Hands in self-defence. OR No. Jim is often reckless rather than brave: he leaves the group without permission (e.g. going ashore with the pirates and leaving the stockade), and he survives mainly because of luck. NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 3 marks for a well-substantiated discussion that refers to the text as a whole; award 1–2 marks for a partially substantiated answer. Accept a mixed response. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 4 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 1.2 1.2.1 He slipped into one of the boats taking the pirates ashore and ran off into the woods as soon as they landed.✓ He saw Silver murder Tom, an honest sailor, and he is afraid that the pirates will kill him too.✓ (2) 1.2.2 (a) Simile✓ (1) (b) Ben Gunn’s voice is compared to the creaking/grating sound of a lock that has not been used for a long time✓. It shows that he has not spoken to anyone for three years, so his voice sounds rough and strange.✓ (2) 1.2.3 To be left alone on a deserted island as a punishment.✓ (1) 1.2.4 He is afraid/uncertain/nervous✓; he hesitates and moves backwards and forwards because he does not know whether Jim is a friend or an enemy.✓ He is desperate/lonely✓; he kneels and begs Jim for mercy/help.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO relevant points. (2) 1.2.5 (a) Longing/wistful/pleading/sad✓ (1) (b) He has eaten only goats, berries and oysters for three years and badly misses ordinary food such as cheese.✓ (1) 1.2.6 B/Captain Flint.✓ (1) 1.2.7 escapes✓ (1) 1.2.8 Ben Gunn begs for a small piece of cheese like a poor beggar✓, but he is actually a very rich man: he has already found Flint’s treasure and moved it to his cave.✓ (2) 1.2.9 The pirates’ greed for Flint’s treasure leads to mutiny, lies and murder (e.g. Silver kills Tom). Most of the greedy pirates die on the island or are left behind. Silver changes sides whenever it suits him so that he can save his own life and get some of the gold. Even the honest characters, such as the Squire, are attracted by the treasure. The novel shows that greed destroys people. NOTE: Award 3 marks for a discussion that clearly links the theme to events/characters in the text; award 1–2 marks for a partial discussion. Accept other relevant, well-substantiated responses. (3) [35] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 5 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION B: DRAMA QUESTION 2: JULIUS CAESAR 2.1 2.1.1 (a) C✓ (4) (b) B✓ (c) E✓ (d) A✓ (4 x 1) 2.1.2 The crowd is cheering because Caesar is being given new honours/offered a crown (by Antony at the Feast of Lupercal).✓ Brutus fears that the people want to make Caesar king, which would end the Roman Republic/make Caesar too powerful.✓ (2) 2.1.3 (a) Simile✓ (Accept: hyperbole) (1) (b) Caesar is compared to the Colossus, a giant statue, while the other Romans are tiny men walking under its legs✓. Cassius suggests that Caesar has become far too powerful and that men like Brutus and Cassius have become small/unimportant; he wants Brutus to feel that this is unacceptable.✓ (2) 2.1.4 People control their own lives/fate✓; it is not fate (the stars) but their own weakness/failure to act that makes them inferior to Caesar, so they can change the situation by acting against him.✓ (2) 2.1.5 Brutus is equal to Caesar in every way/there is nothing special about Caesar’s name.✓ Brutus therefore deserves the same honour and power, and he should not accept Caesar’s rule.✓ (2) 2.1.6 B/drove a king out of Rome.✓ (1) 2.1.7 Brutus’s✓ (1) 2.1.8 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. Cassius flatters Brutus and plays on his love for Rome and his pride in his ancestor. He has forged letters, supposedly from Roman citizens, thrown through Brutus’s window to convince him that Rome wants him to act. He knows that Brutus’s good name will make the murder look honourable. OR No. Cassius cannot control Brutus once he has joined the conspiracy: Brutus overrules him, e.g. by sparing Antony and allowing him to speak at the funeral, which leads to the conspirators’ downfall. NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 3 marks for a well-substantiated discussion that refers to the text as a whole; award 1–2 marks for a partially substantiated answer. Accept a mixed response. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 6 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 2.2 2.2.1 Brutus gave him permission (against Cassius’s advice), believing that it would show that the conspirators respected Caesar.✓ Antony promised not to blame the conspirators in his speech, and Brutus would speak to the people first.✓ (2) 2.2.2 He wants to get the attention of the crowd, which is hostile towards Caesar✓; by calling them ‘friends’ and ‘countrymen’ he flatters them/makes them feel that he is one of them, so that they will listen to him.✓ (2) 2.2.3 (a) Repetition✓ (Accept: irony/sarcasm) (1) (b) At first Antony seems to praise Brutus, but each time he repeats the words after giving proof of Caesar’s goodness✓, the words become sarcastic: he suggests that Brutus is NOT honourable and turns the crowd against him.✓ (2) 2.2.4 Caesar brought many captives to Rome, and their ransoms filled the public treasury.✓ Caesar wept when the poor cried.✓ Caesar refused the crown three times at the Feast of Lupercal.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) 2.2.5 (a) Sad/sorrowful/grieving/emotional✓ (1) (b) He is mourning the death of his friend/he wants to stir the crowd’s sympathy and pauses to let his words take effect.✓ (1) 2.2.6 At first the citizens think that Caesar was a tyrant and are glad that he is dead.✓ By the end of the extract they begin to feel that Caesar has been wronged and they start to doubt the conspirators.✓ (2) 2.2.7 C/Cinna the poet.✓ (1) 2.2.8 Cassius uses flattery and forged letters to persuade Brutus to join the conspiracy. Decius persuades Caesar to go to the Senate by giving Calpurnia’s dream a flattering meaning. At the funeral, Brutus calms the crowd with reason, but Antony’s emotional speech, his repetition and the reading of Caesar’s will turn the citizens into an angry mob that drives the conspirators out of Rome. Words are shown to be as powerful as swords. NOTE: Award 3 marks for a discussion that clearly links the theme to events/characters in the text; award 1–2 marks for a partial discussion. Accept other relevant, well-substantiated responses. (3) [35] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 7 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION C: SHORT STORIES QUESTION 3 ‘THE OPEN WINDOW’ 3.1 3.1.1 (a) C✓ (4) (b) E✓ (c) D✓ (d) A✓ (4 x 1) 3.1.2 In Mrs Sappleton’s house in the countryside, in a room with a large French window that opens on to a lawn✓; on an October afternoon (as evening approaches).✓ (2) 3.1.3 He suffers from (bad) nerves/a nervous illness.✓ (1) 3.1.4 (a) Sad/sympathetic/pitying✓ (1) (b) She wants to make her made-up story believable/to make Framton feel sorry for her aunt.✓ (1) 3.1.5 B/calm and in control of oneself.✓ (1) 3.1.6 Framton believes that Mrs Sappleton has lost her mind because she expects dead men to return✓; in fact she is perfectly sane, her husband and brothers are alive, and it is Vera, who seems so calm and sensible, who has invented the whole story.✓ (2) 3.1.7 dogs✓ (1) 3.1.8 Vera is very good at making up exciting/imaginative stories (‘romance’)✓ quickly/on the spot, without any time to prepare.✓ (2) 3.1.9 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. Framton is a nervous, sick man who has come to the country to rest. Vera deliberately frightens him so badly that he runs away in terror and almost causes an accident. She shows no regret and immediately tells another lie about him. OR No. It is a harmless/clever prank that nobody is physically hurt by. Framton is boring and self-centred, talking only about his illnesses, and the trick is meant to be humorous. NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 3 marks for a well-substantiated discussion that refers to the text as a whole; award 1–2 marks for a partially substantiated answer. Accept a mixed response. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 8 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines ‘THE MONKEY’S PAW’ 3.2 3.2.1 He got it in India, where he served as a soldier/an old fakir had put a spell on it there.✓ He got it after the first owner, who had used his third wish to wish for death, died.✓ (2) 3.2.2 He has had his own three wishes and knows that the paw brings misery/‘It has caused enough mischief already’.✓ He wants to destroy it so that nobody else is harmed by it.✓ (2) 3.2.3 He is curious/greedy/foolish/reckless.✓ He snatches the paw out of the fire and asks Morris to give it to him, even though Morris has warned him about it.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not well-substantiated. (2) 3.2.4 (a) Mocking/joking/light-hearted/sceptical✓ (1) (b) She does not believe in the magic; she thinks it is just a fairy tale.✓ (1) 3.2.5 They foreshadow that the wishes will bring terrible results✓: the wish for two hundred pounds is granted when Herbert is killed and the family receives the money as compensation.✓ (2) 3.2.6 B/two hundred pounds.✓ (1) 3.2.7 factory/works/machinery✓ (1) 3.2.8 Morris advises Mr White to wish for something ‘sensible’✓, but the sensible wish for two hundred pounds (to pay off the house) leads to the death of his son; even a sensible wish brings disaster.✓ (2) 3.2.9 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. Mr White ignores Morris’s warnings, takes the paw out of the fire, pays Morris for it and makes the wish. His curiosity and desire for money cause his son’s death. OR No. Herbert encourages his father to make the wish, and Mr White did not wish for anyone to be harmed. The cursed paw/fate is to blame. NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 3 marks for a well-substantiated discussion that refers to the text as a whole; award 1–2 marks for a partially substantiated answer. Accept a mixed response. (3) [35] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 9 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION D: POETRY QUESTION 4 ‘OZYMANDIAS’ 4.1 4.1.1 (a) traveller✓ (4) (b) statue✓ (c) desert✓ (d) sculptor✓ (4 x 1) 4.1.2 He was a proud/cruel/arrogant/harsh ruler (tyrant).✓ The frown and the ‘sneer of cold command’ show that he gave orders without feeling and looked down on his people.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not well-substantiated. (2) 4.1.3 It is broken/ruined: only the legs are still standing and the shattered face lies half buried in the sand.✓ (1) 4.1.4 (a) Arrogant/boastful/proud/commanding✓ (1) (b) He believed that his works/empire were so great that other mighty rulers would despair of ever equalling them.✓ (1) 4.1.5 Ozymandias boasts that his works will make other mighty rulers despair✓, but nothing of his works remains except a broken statue in an empty desert; the mighty should rather ‘despair’ because all power ends in ruin.✓ (2) 4.1.6 (a) Alliteration✓ (1) (b) The repeated ‘b’ and ‘l’ sounds slow down the pace of the lines✓ and emphasise how empty and endless the desert is; nothing is left of the king’s great empire.✓ (2) 4.1.7 B/sonnet.✓ (1) 4.1.8 Ozymandias was once a powerful and proud king who believed that his works would last forever. All that remains is a broken statue surrounded by endless sand. Time destroys even the greatest rulers and their empires, so human power and pride are temporary. Only the sculptor’s art and the words on the pedestal survive. NOTE: Award 3 marks for a discussion that clearly links the theme to events/characters in the text; award 1–2 marks for a partial discussion. Accept other relevant, well-substantiated responses. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 10 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines ‘I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD’ 4.2 4.2.1 Beside a lake, beneath the trees (in the countryside).✓ (1) 4.2.2 (a) Simile✓ (1) (b) The speaker compares himself to a single cloud floating high above the valleys and hills✓. It shows that he feels lonely/alone/without purpose before he sees the daffodils; this contrasts with the ‘crowd’ of daffodils.✓ (2) 4.2.3 The daffodils seem even more joyful/lively than the dancing, sparkling waves✓; anyone, especially a sensitive poet, would feel happy in such cheerful company.✓ (2) 4.2.4 It is not money✓; it is the happy memory of the daffodils, which comforts him/brings him joy whenever he is lonely or sad.✓ (2) 4.2.5 The ‘inward eye’ is his memory/imagination✓: he is able to see the daffodils again in his mind when he is alone.✓ (2) 4.2.6 (a) Happy/joyful/content✓ (1) (b) The memory of the daffodils fills his heart with pleasure, even when he is alone.✓ (1) 4.2.7 B/thoughtful.✓ (1) 4.2.8 lake✓ (1) 4.2.9 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. At the beginning the speaker is lonely, but the sight of the dancing daffodils makes him happy. Even years later, when he lies on his couch in an empty or sad mood, the memory of the flowers fills his heart with pleasure. Nature has a lasting power to comfort him. OR No. The poem only describes one happy moment; the speaker is not really ill or in pain, so it does not show that nature can heal serious problems. NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 3 marks for a well-substantiated discussion that refers to the text as a whole; award 1–2 marks for a partially substantiated answer. Accept a mixed response. (3) [35] GRAND TOTAL: 70 Copyright reserved