English FAL Grade 10 P2 November Mock 2026 Question Paper

Mock 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) MARKS: 70 TIME: 2 hours This question paper consists of 19 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 2 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION Read these instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions. 1. Do NOT attempt to read the entire question paper. Consult the TABLE OF CONTENTS on the next page and mark the numbers of the questions set on the texts you have studied this year. Read these questions carefully and answer as per the instructions. 2. This question paper consists of FOUR sections: SECTION A: Novel (35) SECTION B: Drama (35) SECTION C: Short stories (35) SECTION D: Poetry (35) 3. Answer TWO QUESTIONS in total, ONE question each from ANY TWO sections. SECTION A: NOVEL Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts. SECTION B: DRAMA Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts. SECTION C: SHORT STORIES Answer the questions set on BOTH short stories. SECTION D: POETRY Answer the questions set on BOTH poems. 4. Use the checklist to assist you. 5. Follow the instructions at the beginning of each section carefully. 6. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question paper. 7. Start EACH section on a NEW page. 8. Spend approximately 60 minutes on each section. 9. Write neatly and legibly. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 3 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION A: NOVEL QUESTION NO. MARKS PAGE NO. 1. Treasure Island 35 4 SECTION B: DRAMA 2. Julius Caesar 35 8 SECTION C: SHORT STORIES Answer the questions set on BOTH short stories. 3.1 ‘The open window’ 18 12 AND 3.2 ‘The monkey’s paw’ 17 14 SECTION D: POETRY Answer the questions set on BOTH poems. 4.1 ‘Ozymandias’ 18 16 AND 4.2 ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ 17 18 CHECKLIST • Answer questions from ANY TWO sections. • Tick (✓) the sections you have answered. SECTIONS QUESTION NO. OF TICK (✓) NUMBERS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER A: Novel 1 1 B: Drama 2 1 C: Short stories 3 1 D: Poetry 4 1 NOTE: Ensure that you have answered questions on TWO sections only. TEXTS USED IN THIS MOCK PAPER All extracts in this paper are taken from texts that are in the public domain. The texts were chosen by the examiner to practise the skills that are tested on the novel, drama, short stories and poetry in Grade 10. If your class studied different texts, use these questions as unseen practice. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 4 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION A: NOVEL In this section, questions are set on the following novel: • TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson Answer ALL the questions on the novel. QUESTION 1: TREASURE ISLAND Read the extracts below and answer the questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 1.1 AND QUESTION 1.2. 1.1 EXTRACT A [The ‘captain’ has taken up lodging at the Admiral Benbow inn.] He was a very silent man by custom. All day he hung round the cove or upon the cliffs with a brass telescope; all evening he sat in a corner of the parlour next the fire and drank rum and water very strong. Mostly he would not speak when spoken to, only look up sudden and fierce and blow through his nose like a fog-horn; and we and the people who came about our house soon learned to let 5 him be. Every day when he came back from his stroll he would ask if any seafaring men had gone by along the road. At first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this question, but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them. When a seaman did put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for Bristol) he 10 would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour; and he was always sure to be as silent as a mouse when any such was present. For me, at least, there was no secret about the matter, for I was, in a way, a sharer in his alarms. He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my “weather-eye open 15 for a seafaring man with one leg” and let him know the moment he appeared. Often enough when the first of the month came round and I applied to him for my wage, he would only blow through his nose at me and stare me down, but before the week was out he was sure to think better of it, bring me my four-penny piece, and repeat his orders to look out for “the seafaring man with one leg.” 20 How that personage haunted my dreams, I need scarcely tell you. On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms, and with a thousand diabolical expressions. Now the leg would be cut off at the knee, now at the hip; now he was a monstrous kind of a creature who had never had but 25 the one leg, and that in the middle of his body. To see him leap and run and pursue me over hedge and ditch was the worst of nightmares. And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies. [Chapter 1] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 5 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 1.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A–E) next to the question numbers (1.1.1(a) to 1.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Captain Smollett A delivers the black spot to the captain (b) Dr Livesey B warns the captain that rum will kill him (c) Squire Trelawney C is the one-legged ship’s cook D is a wealthy landowner who (d) Blind Pew buys a ship for the voyage E is the strict but honest captain of the ship (4 x 1) (4) 1.1.2 Describe the setting of this extract. (2) 1.1.3 Refer to lines 4–5 (‘only look up … like a fog-horn’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 1.1.4 Refer to lines 6–9 (‘Every day when … to avoid them’). Why does the captain ask whether any seafaring men have gone by? State TWO points. (2) 1.1.5 Name the ‘seafaring man with one leg’ (line 16). (1) 1.1.6 Refer to lines 21–27 (‘How that personage … worst of nightmares’). What do these lines reveal about Jim’s state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 1.1.7 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (1.1.7) in the ANSWER BOOK. After the captain dies, Jim finds a packet in the captain’s sea-chest that contains … A a pistol and a bottle of rum. B a map of Treasure Island. C letters from the captain’s family. D a list of the crew of the Hispaniola. (1) 1.1.8 Refer to the novel as a whole. Jim Hawkins is a brave young man. Discuss your view. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 6 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock AND 1.2 EXTRACT B [Jim has run away from the pirates on the island and meets a strange man.] He was concealed by this time behind another tree trunk; but he must have been watching me closely, for as soon as I began to move in his direction he reappeared and took a step to meet me. Then he hesitated, drew back, came forward again, and at last, to my wonder and confusion, threw himself on his knees and held out his clasped hands in supplication. 5 At that I once more stopped. “Who are you?” I asked. “Ben Gunn,” he answered, and his voice sounded hoarse and awkward, like a rusty lock. “I’m poor Ben Gunn, I am; and I haven’t spoke with a Christian these three years.” 10 I could now see that he was a white man like myself and that his features were even pleasing. His skin, wherever it was exposed, was burnt by the sun; even his lips were black, and his fair eyes looked quite startling in so dark a face. Of all the beggar-men that I had seen or fancied, he was the chief for raggedness. He was clothed with tatters of old ship’s canvas and old sea-cloth, and this 15 extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin. About his waist he wore an old brass-buckled leather belt, which was the one thing solid in his whole accoutrement. “Three years!” I cried. “Were you shipwrecked?” 20 “Nay, mate,” said he; “marooned.” I had heard the word, and I knew it stood for a horrible kind of punishment common enough among the buccaneers, in which the offender is put ashore with a little powder and shot and left behind on some desolate and distant island. “Marooned three years agone,” he continued, “and lived on goats since then, 25 and berries, and oysters. Wherever a man is, says I, a man can do for himself. But, mate, my heart is sore for Christian diet. You mightn’t happen to have a piece of cheese about you, now? No? Well, many’s the long night I’ve dreamed of cheese—toasted, mostly—and woke up again, and here I were.” “If ever I can get aboard again,” said I, “you shall have cheese by the stone.” 30 [Chapter 15] 1.2.1 Explain why Jim is alone on the island at this point in the novel. State TWO points. (2) 1.2.2 Refer to lines 8–9 (‘and his voice … a rusty lock’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 1.2.3 Using your OWN words, explain what it means to be ‘marooned’ (line 21). (1) 1.2.4 Refer to lines 3–5 (‘Then he hesitated, … hands in supplication’). What does Ben Gunn’s behaviour reveal about his state of mind? (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 7 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 1.2.5 Refer to lines 27–29 (‘Well, many’s the … here I were’). (a) What tone would Ben Gunn use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would Ben Gunn use this tone? (1) 1.2.6 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (1.2.6) in the ANSWER BOOK. Before he was marooned, Ben Gunn sailed with … A Captain Smollett. B Captain Flint. C Squire Trelawney. D Dr Livesey. (1) 1.2.7 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: At the end of the novel, Long John Silver is hanged. (1) 1.2.8 Refer to the novel as a whole. Explain the irony of Ben Gunn begging Jim for a piece of cheese. (2) 1.2.9 One of the themes in Treasure Island is greed. Discuss this theme. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION A: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 8 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION B: DRAMA In this section, questions are set on the following drama: • JULIUS CAESAR by William Shakespeare Answer ALL the questions on the drama. QUESTION 2: JULIUS CAESAR Read the extracts below and answer the questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 2.1 AND QUESTION 2.2. 2.1 EXTRACT C [Brutus and Cassius are talking in a public place in Rome while Caesar attends the Feast of Lupercal. Shouts are heard from the crowd.] BRUTUS Another general shout? I do believe that these applauses are For some new honours that are heap’d on Caesar. CASSIUS Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men 5 Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. 10 “Brutus” and “Caesar”: what should be in that “Caesar”? Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with ’em, 15 “Brutus” will start a spirit as soon as “Caesar.” Now in the names of all the gods at once, Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, That he is grown so great? Age, thou art sham’d! Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! 20 When went there by an age since the great flood, But it was fam’d with more than with one man? When could they say, till now, that talk’d of Rome, That her wide walls encompass’d but one man? Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough, 25 When there is in it but one only man. O, you and I have heard our fathers say, There was a Brutus once that would have brook’d Th’ eternal devil to keep his state in Rome, As easily as a king! 30 [Act 1, Scene 2] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 9 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 2.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A–E) next to the question numbers (2.1.1(a) to 2.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Mark Antony A warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March (b) Calpurnia B is Caesar’s wife, who dreams of his murder (c) Casca C is Caesar’s loyal friend who speaks at his funeral (d) The Soothsayer D is Brutus’s wife, who wounds her own thigh E is the conspirator who strikes the first blow (4 x 1) (4) 2.1.2 Refer to lines 1–3 (‘Another general shout? … heap’d on Caesar’). Why is the crowd shouting, and why does this worry Brutus? (2) 2.1.3 Refer to lines 4–5 (‘Why, man, he … Like a Colossus’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 2.1.4 Refer to lines 9–10 (‘The fault, dear … we are underlings’). Explain what Cassius means in these lines. (2) 2.1.5 Refer to lines 11–16 (‘Brutus and Caesar … as Caesar’). What is Cassius trying to persuade Brutus to believe? (2) 2.1.6 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (2.1.6) in the ANSWER BOOK. In lines 27–30, Cassius reminds Brutus of his ancestor, who … A was the first emperor of Rome. B drove a king out of Rome. C was murdered by a king. D built the walls of Rome. (1) 2.1.7 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Cassius throws forged letters through Antony’s window to persuade him to join the conspiracy. (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 10 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 2.1.8 Refer to the play as a whole. Cassius is a clever manipulator. Discuss your view. (3) AND 2.2 EXTRACT D [The Forum in Rome. Brutus has explained to the citizens why Caesar was killed. He has now left, and Antony speaks at Caesar’s funeral.] FIRST CITIZEN This Caesar was a tyrant. THIRD CITIZEN Nay, that’s certain. We are blest that Rome is rid of him. SECOND CITIZEN Peace! let us hear what Antony can say. ANTONY You gentle Romans,— 5 CITIZENS Peace, ho! let us hear him. ANTONY Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones; 10 So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious. If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest, 15 For Brutus is an honourable man, So are they all, all honourable men, Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me; But Brutus says he was ambitious, 20 And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; 25 Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, 30 Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And sure he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. 35 You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? O judgement, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me. My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, 40 And I must pause till it come back to me. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 11 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock FIRST CITIZEN Methinks there is much reason in his sayings. SECOND CITIZEN If thou consider rightly of the matter, Caesar has had great wrong. THIRD CITIZEN Has he, masters? 45 I fear there will a worse come in his place. [Act 3, Scene 2] 2.2.1 Why is Antony allowed to speak at Caesar’s funeral? State TWO points. (2) 2.2.2 Refer to line 7 (‘Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears’). Why does Antony address the crowd in this way? (2) 2.2.3 Refer to the words ‘Brutus is an honourable man’, which Antony repeats several times in this extract. (a) Identify the figure of speech used here. (1) (b) Explain how Antony’s attitude towards Brutus is revealed through this figure of speech. (2) 2.2.4 Refer to lines 22–31. State TWO pieces of evidence that Antony gives to show that Caesar was not ambitious. (2) 2.2.5 Refer to lines 40–41 (‘My heart is … back to me’). (a) What tone would Antony use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would Antony use this tone? (1) 2.2.6 Compare the citizens’ feelings about Caesar in lines 1–3 with their feelings in lines 42–46. (2) 2.2.7 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (2.2.7) in the ANSWER BOOK. After Antony’s speech, the angry mob kills … A Cassius. B Casca. C Cinna the poet. D Lepidus. (1) 2.2.8 One of the themes in Julius Caesar is the power of words to persuade people. Discuss this theme. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION B: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 12 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION C: SHORT STORIES In this section, questions are set on the following short stories: • ‘THE OPEN WINDOW’ by Saki (H.H. Munro) • ‘THE MONKEY’S PAW’ by W.W. Jacobs QUESTION 3 Read the extracts below and answer the questions set on each. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH short stories, i.e. QUESTION 3.1 AND QUESTION 3.2. 3.1 ‘THE OPEN WINDOW’ EXTRACT E [Framton Nuttel is waiting to meet Mrs Sappleton. Her niece is keeping him company.] “You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon,” said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn. “It is quite warm for the time of the year,” said Framton; “but has that window got anything to do with the tragedy?” 5 “Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day’s shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without 10 warning. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it.” Here the child’s voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. “Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back some day, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite 15 dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went out, her husband with his white waterproof coat over his arm, and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing ‘Bertie, why do you bound?’ as he always did to tease her, because she said it got on her nerves. Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window—” 20 She broke off with a little shudder. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 13 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 3.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A–E) next to the question numbers (3.1.1(a) to 3.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Vera A sings ‘Bertie, why do you bound?’ (b) Framton Nuttel B is a doctor who orders complete rest (c) Mrs Sappleton C tells made-up stories at short notice (d) Ronnie D waits for her husband and brothers to return from shooting E has come to the country to cure his nerves (4 x 1) (4) 3.1.2 Describe the time and place in which this extract is set. (2) 3.1.3 What is wrong with Framton’s health? (1) 3.1.4 Refer to lines 13–15 (‘Poor aunt always … used to do’). (a) What tone would Vera use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would Vera use this tone? (1) 3.1.5 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (3.1.5) in the ANSWER BOOK. The word ‘self-possessed’ (line 12) means … A selfish and rude. B calm and in control of oneself. C shy and nervous. D possessed by an evil spirit. (1) 3.1.6 Refer to the short story as a whole. Explain the irony in Framton’s belief that Mrs Sappleton has lost her mind. (2) 3.1.7 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Vera tells her family that Framton is terrified of cats. (1) 3.1.8 The last line of the story is: ‘Romance at short notice was her speciality.’ Explain what this line means. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 14 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 3.1.9 Refer to the short story as a whole. Vera’s trick on Framton is cruel. Discuss your view. (3) AND 3.2 ‘THE MONKEY’S PAW’ EXTRACT F [Sergeant-Major Morris has told the White family that the monkey’s paw can grant three wishes.] “If you could have another three wishes,” said the old man, eyeing him keenly, “would you have them?” “I don’t know,” said the other. “I don’t know.” He took the paw, and dangling it between his forefinger and thumb, suddenly threw it upon the fire. White, with a slight cry, stooped down and snatched it off. 5 “Better let it burn,” said the soldier, solemnly. “If you don’t want it, Morris,” said the other, “give it to me.” “I won’t,” said his friend, doggedly. “I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don’t blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again like a sensible man.” The other shook his head and examined his new possession closely. “How do 10 you do it?” he inquired. “Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud,” said the sergeant-major, “but I warn you of the consequences.” “Sounds like the Arabian Nights,” said Mrs. White, as she rose and began to set the supper. “Don’t you think you might wish for four pairs of hands for me?” 15 Her husband drew the talisman from pocket, and then all three burst into laughter as the sergeant-major, with a look of alarm on his face, caught him by the arm. “If you must wish,” he said, gruffly, “wish for something sensible.” 3.2.1 How did Sergeant-Major Morris get the monkey’s paw? State TWO points. (2) 3.2.2 Refer to lines 4–5 (‘He took the … upon the fire’). Why does Morris throw the paw into the fire? (2) 3.2.3 Refer to lines 5 and 7 (‘White, with a … give it to me’). What do Mr White’s actions and words reveal about his character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 3.2.4 Refer to lines 14–15 (‘Sounds like the … hands for me?’). (a) What tone would Mrs White use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would Mrs White use this tone? (1) 3.2.5 Refer to lines 12–13 (‘but I warn … the consequences’). What do these words foreshadow in the story? (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 15 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 3.2.6 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (3.2.6) in the ANSWER BOOK. Mr White’s first wish is for … A his son to come home. B two hundred pounds. C a bigger house. D four pairs of hands for his wife. (1) 3.2.7 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Herbert White is killed in a railway accident. (1) 3.2.8 Refer to line 19 (‘If you must … something sensible’). Explain the irony of Morris’s advice. (2) 3.2.9 Refer to the short story as a whole. Mr White is to blame for the death of his son. Discuss your view. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION C: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 16 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION D: POETRY In this section, there are questions set on the following poems: • ‘Ozymandias’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley • ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ by William Wordsworth NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH poems, i.e. QUESTION 4.1 AND QUESTION 4.2. QUESTION 4 4.1 Read the poem carefully and then answer the questions which follow. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley 1 I met a traveller from an antique land, 2 Who said—‘Two vast and trunkless legs of stone 3 Stand in the desert. … Near them, on the sand, 4 Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, 5 And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, 6 Tell that its sculptor well those passions read 7 Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, 8 The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; 9 And on the pedestal, these words appear: 10 My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; 11 Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! 12 Nothing beside remains. Round the decay 13 Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare 14 The lone and level sands stretch far away.’ antique (line 1): ancient, very old trunkless (line 2): without a body visage (line 4): face pedestal (line 9): the base on which a statue stands 4.1.1 Complete the following sentences by using the words in the list below. Write only the word next to the question numbers (4.1.1(a) to 4.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. traveller; soldier; desert; forest; statue; temple; sculptor; servant The speaker meets a (a) … who tells him about a broken (b) … that lies in the (c) …. The face of the king was carved by a (d) … who understood the king’s feelings. (4) 4.1.2 Refer to line 5 (‘And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command’). What do these words reveal about the kind of ruler Ozymandias was? Substantiate your answer. (2) 4.1.3 Refer to lines 2–4. In what condition is the statue now? (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 17 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 4.1.4 Refer to lines 10–11 (‘My name is … and despair!’). (a) What tone would Ozymandias use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would Ozymandias use this tone? (1) 4.1.5 Explain the irony of the words on the pedestal (lines 10–11). (2) 4.1.6 Refer to lines 13–14 (‘boundless and bare … stretch far away’). (a) Identify the sound device used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why this sound device is effective in the poem. (2) 4.1.7 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (4.1.7) in the ANSWER BOOK. ‘Ozymandias’ is an example of a … A ballad. B sonnet. C free-verse poem. D limerick. (1) 4.1.8 One of the themes in ‘Ozymandias’ is that power and pride do not last. Discuss this theme. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 18 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock AND 4.2 Read the poem carefully and then answer the questions which follow. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. I wandered lonely as a cloud – William Wordsworth 1 I wandered lonely as a cloud 2 That floats on high o’er vales and hills, 3 When all at once I saw a crowd, 4 A host, of golden daffodils; 5 Beside the lake, beneath the trees, 6 Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. 7 Continuous as the stars that shine 8 And twinkle on the milky way, 9 They stretched in never-ending line 10 Along the margin of a bay: 11 Ten thousand saw I at a glance, 12 Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. 13 The waves beside them danced; but they 14 Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: 15 A poet could not but be gay, 16 In such a jocund company: 17 I gazed—and gazed—but little thought 18 What wealth the show to me had brought: 19 For oft, when on my couch I lie 20 In vacant or in pensive mood, 21 They flash upon that inward eye 22 Which is the bliss of solitude; 23 And then my heart with pleasure fills, 24 And dances with the daffodils. vales (line 2): valleys host (line 4): a very large number sprightly (line 12): lively gay (line 15): happy, cheerful jocund (line 16): merry 4.2.1 Refer to stanza 1. Where is the speaker when he sees the daffodils? (1) 4.2.2 Refer to line 1 (‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in this line. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this poem. (2) 4.2.3 Refer to lines 13–16 (‘The waves beside … a jocund company’). Why does the speaker say that ‘A poet could not but be gay’? (2) 4.2.4 Refer to line 18 (‘What wealth the show to me had brought’). What is the ‘wealth’ that the speaker refers to? (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 19 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 4.2.5 Refer to lines 21–22 (‘They flash upon … bliss of solitude’). Explain what the speaker means by ‘that inward eye’. (2) 4.2.6 Refer to lines 23–24 (‘And then my … with the daffodils’). (a) What is the speaker’s mood in these lines? (1) (b) Why does the speaker feel this way? (1) 4.2.7 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (4.2.7) in the ANSWER BOOK. The word ‘pensive’ (line 20) means … A angry. B thoughtful. C sleepy. D excited. (1) 4.2.8 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: The speaker sees the daffodils beside a river. (1) 4.2.9 The speaker suggests that nature can comfort and heal people. Discuss your view. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION D: 35 GRAND TOTAL: 70 Copyright reserved