English FAL Grade 12 P2 NSC November Mock 2026 QP

Mock hlayiso mock exams Practice Series: Grade 12 NSC Preparation WWW.HLAYISO.COM NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P2 MOCK EXAMINATION 2026 MARKS: 70 TIME: 2½ hours This question paper consists of 24 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 all, ONE question each from ANY TWO sections. SECTION A: NOVEL Answer the question on the novel you have studied. SECTION B: DRAMA Answer the question on the drama you have studied. 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 on page 4 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. Suggested time management: Spend approximately 75 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 Answer ANY ONE question. QUESTION NO. MARKS PAGE NO. 1. Cry, the Beloved Country 35 5 2. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 35 8 SECTION B: DRAMA Answer ANY ONE question. 3. Macbeth 35 12 4. My Children! My Africa! 35 16 SECTION C: SHORT STORIES Answer the questions set on BOTH short stories. 5.1 ‘Eveline’ 18 19 AND 5.2 ‘The girl who can’ 17 20 SECTION D: POETRY Answer the questions set on BOTH poems. 6.1 ‘Sonnet 73’ 18 22 AND 6.2 ‘The lake isle of Innisfree’ 17 23 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 4 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock CHECKLIST NOTE: • Answer questions from ANY TWO sections. • Tick (✓) the sections you have answered. SECTIONS QUESTION NO. OF TICK (✓) NUMBERS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER A: Novel 1–2 1 B: Drama 3–4 1 C: Short stories 5 1 D: Poetry 6 1 NOTE: Ensure that you have answered questions on TWO sections only. TEXTS COVERED IN THIS MOCK PAPER All the texts below are on the prescribed list for English First Additional Language for the October/November 2026 NSC examination (DBE Circular E11 of 2024). Extracts are printed only from texts that are in the public domain (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Macbeth, ‘Eveline’, ‘Sonnet 73’ and ‘The lake isle of Innisfree’). For Cry, the Beloved Country, My Children! My Africa! and ‘The girl who can’, which are still under copyright, the questions are based on the examiner’s own summaries of the context. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 5 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION A: NOVEL In this section, questions are set on the following novels: • CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY by Alan Paton • STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE by Robert Louis Stevenson Answer ALL the questions on the novel that you have studied. QUESTION 1: CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY The examiner’s summaries below describe two parts of the text. Read each summary and answer the questions set on it. 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 summaries, i.e. QUESTION 1.1 AND QUESTION 1.2. NOTE TO CANDIDATES: Cry, the Beloved Country is still protected by copyright, so this mock paper does not reproduce extracts from it. In the NSC examination you will be given printed extracts; here, questions are based on the examiner’s own summaries of the context. 1.1 CONTEXT A [Stephen Kumalo arrives in Johannesburg.] Examiner’s summary: Stephen Kumalo, an elderly parson from Ndotsheni, arrives at the railway station in Johannesburg. He is confused by the noise, the traffic and the crowds. A young man offers to help him to buy a bus ticket, takes his pound and disappears. With help from a stranger, Kumalo eventually reaches the Mission House in Sophiatown, where he meets the priest who wrote to him. The priest explains that Kumalo’s sister, Gertrude, is not sick in her body. Her ‘sickness’ is the life she now leads in the city: she brews and sells liquor and has a bad reputation. Kumalo is deeply ashamed. 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) Msimangu A offers Kumalo a room in her house in Sophiatown (b) Gertrude B writes the letter that calls Kumalo to Johannesburg (c) John Kumalo C is a carpenter who has become a politician (d) Mrs Lithebe D farms at High Place above Ndotsheni E has a small son and lives in Claremont (4 x 1) (4) 1.1.2 Apart from Gertrude’s situation, why else does Kumalo want to go to Johannesburg? State TWO points. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 6 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 1.1.3 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Reverend Msimangu works at a mission in Ndotsheni. (1) 1.1.4 What does the incident with the young man at the bus stop reveal about Kumalo’s character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 1.1.5 What does this incident suggest about Johannesburg as it is presented in the novel? (2) 1.1.6 Explain the irony of Gertrude’s ‘sickness’. (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. The child who returns to Ndotsheni with Kumalo at the end of Book 1 is Gertrude’s … A daughter. B nephew. C son. D grandson. (1) 1.1.8 Refer to the novel as a whole. Msimangu is a true friend to Kumalo. Discuss your view. (3) AND 1.2 CONTEXT B [A visitor from High Place.] Examiner’s summary: After the trial, Kumalo has returned to Ndotsheni, where the people are suffering because of a drought. James Jarvis has also returned to his farm, High Place, on the hill above the valley. One day a small white boy, Jarvis’s grandson, rides down on a horse and visits Kumalo. The boy asks Kumalo for a drink of milk. Kumalo explains that there is no milk in Ndotsheni and that the small children are dying because of it. The next evening, a cart arrives from High Place with cans of milk for the small children of the village. 1.2.1 Describe the setting of this part of the novel. (2) 1.2.2 State TWO reasons why the land of Ndotsheni is dying. (2) 1.2.3 What does Jarvis’s decision to send milk to Ndotsheni reveal about his character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 1.2.4 Explain the irony of the Jarvis family helping the people of Kumalo’s village. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 7 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 1.2.5 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (1.2.5) in the ANSWER BOOK. The young man whom Jarvis employs to teach the people of Ndotsheni better farming methods is … A Napoleon Letsitsi. B Johannes Pafuri. C Mr Carmichael. D Father Vincent. (1) 1.2.6 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Absalom is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Arthur Jarvis. (1) 1.2.7 What does the friendship between the small boy and Kumalo suggest about the future of South Africa? (2) 1.2.8 One of the themes in Cry, the Beloved Country is forgiveness. Discuss this theme. (3) 1.2.9 Refer to the novel as a whole. Reading his son’s writings changes James Jarvis. Discuss your view. (3) [35] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 8 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock QUESTION 2: STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE 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 [A maid witnesses a crime.] It seems she was romantically given, for she sat down upon her box, which stood immediately under the window, and fell into a dream of musing. Never (she used to say, with streaming tears, when she narrated that experience), never had she felt more at peace with all men or thought more kindly of the world. And as she so sat she became aware of an aged beautiful gentleman with white hair, 5 drawing near along the lane; and advancing to meet him, another and very small gentleman, to whom at first she paid less attention. When they had come within speech (which was just under the maid’s eyes) the older man bowed and accosted the other with a very pretty manner of politeness. It did not seem as if the subject of his address were of great importance; indeed, from his pointing, it 10 sometimes appeared as if he were only inquiring his way; but the moon shone on his face as he spoke, and the girl was pleased to watch it, it seemed to breathe such an innocent and old-world kindness of disposition, yet with something high too, as of a well-founded self-content. Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she was surprised to recognise in him a certain Mr. 15 Hyde, who had once visited her master and for whom she had conceived a dislike. He had in his hand a heavy cane, with which he was trifling; but he answered never a word, and seemed to listen with an ill-contained impatience. And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a 20 madman. The old gentleman took a step back, with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway. At the horror of 25 these sights and sounds, the maid fainted. [The Carew Murder Case] 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) Lanyon A is Dr Jekyll’s loyal butler B is a Member of Parliament who is (b) Poole murdered C compares the handwriting of Hyde (c) Enfield and Jekyll D quarrels with Jekyll over his (d) Guest ‘unscientific’ ideas E tells Utterson the story of the door (4 x 1) (4) 2.1.2 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 2.1.3 Refer to line 5 (‘an aged beautiful gentleman with white hair’). Name this gentleman. (1) 2.1.4 Explain the irony in the maid’s feelings in lines 3–4 (‘never had she … of the world’). (2) 2.1.5 Refer to lines 17–18 (‘but he answered … an ill-contained impatience’). What do these lines reveal about Mr Hyde’s character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 2.1.6 Refer to line 23 (‘with ape-like fury’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in this line. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 2.1.7 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Utterson recognises the broken cane as one that he had once given to Dr Lanyon. (1) 2.1.8 Refer to the novel as a whole. Dr Jekyll is responsible for the death of the old gentleman. Discuss your view. (3) AND 2.2 EXTRACT D [Utterson and Poole break into the cabinet.] “Utterson,” said the voice, “for God’s sake, have mercy!” “Ah, that’s not Jekyll’s voice—it’s Hyde’s!” cried Utterson. “Down with the door, Poole!” Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 10 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock Poole swung the axe over his shoulder; the blow shook the building, and the red baize door leaped against the lock and hinges. A dismal screech, as of mere 5 animal terror, rang from the cabinet. Up went the axe again, and again the panels crashed and the frame bounded; four times the blow fell; but the wood was tough and the fittings were of excellent workmanship; and it was not until the fifth, that the lock burst and the wreck of the door fell inwards on the carpet. The besiegers, appalled by their own riot and the stillness that had succeeded, 10 stood back a little and peered in. There lay the cabinet before their eyes in the quiet lamplight, a good fire glowing and chattering on the hearth, the kettle singing its thin strain, a drawer or two open, papers neatly set forth on the business table, and nearer the fire, the things laid out for tea; the quietest room, you would have said, and, but for the glazed presses full of chemicals, the most 15 commonplace that night in London. Right in the middle there lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching. They drew near on tiptoe, turned it on his back and beheld the face of Edward Hyde. He was dressed in clothes far too large for him, clothes of the doctor’s bigness; the cords of his face still moved with a semblance of life, but 20 life was quite gone; and by the crushed phial in the hand and the strong smell of kernels that hung upon the air, Utterson knew that he was looking on the body of a self-destroyer. “We have come too late,” he said sternly, “whether to save or punish. Hyde is gone to his account; and it only remains for us to find the body of your master.” 25 [The Last Night] 2.2.1 Why have Utterson and Poole decided to break down the door of the cabinet? State TWO points. (2) 2.2.2 Refer to lines 2–3 (‘Down with the door, Poole!’). (a) What tone would Utterson use in these words? (1) (b) Why would Utterson use this tone? (1) 2.2.3 Refer to lines 5–6 (‘A dismal screech, … from the cabinet’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 2.2.4 Explain the irony in the description of the cabinet as ‘the quietest room, … the most commonplace that night in London’ (lines 14–16). (2) 2.2.5 Explain why Hyde is ‘dressed in clothes far too large for him’ (line 19). (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 11 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 2.2.6 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (2.2.6) in the ANSWER BOOK. The ‘crushed phial’ and ‘the strong smell of kernels’ (lines 21–22) suggest that Hyde has died by … A being shot. B taking poison. C hanging himself. D falling down the stairs. (1) 2.2.7 Refer to line 25 (‘it only remains … of your master’). What does Utterson believe has happened to Dr Jekyll? (1) 2.2.8 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Utterson and Poole find the body of Jekyll in the cabinet. (1) 2.2.9 One of the themes in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the dual nature of human beings. Discuss this theme. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION A: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 12 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION B: DRAMA In this section, questions are set on the following dramas: • MACBETH by William Shakespeare • MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! by Athol Fugard Answer ALL the questions on the drama that you have studied. QUESTION 3: MACBETH 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 3.1 AND QUESTION 3.2. 3.1 EXTRACT E [Macbeth has a change of heart.] MACBETH: We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour’d me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon. 5 LADY MACBETH: Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress’d yourself? Hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard 10 To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’ 15 Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage? MACBETH: Pr’ythee, peace! I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. LADY MACBETH: What beast was’t, then, 20 That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both: 25 They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. I have given suck, and know How tender ’tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck’d my nipple from his boneless gums 30 And dash’d the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this. MACBETH: If we should fail? LADY MACBETH: We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking-place, 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 13 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock And we’ll not fail. [Act 1, Scene 7] 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) Banquo A brings Macbeth the news that he is Thane of Cawdor (b) Macduff B is told that his descendants will be kings (c) Malcolm C is the Thane of Glamis D discovers that King Duncan has (d) Ross been murdered E flees to England after his father’s murder (4 x 1) (4) 3.1.2 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 3.1.3 Refer to lines 2–4 (‘He hath honour’d … their newest gloss’). State TWO reasons that Macbeth gives for not going ahead with the murder. (2) 3.1.4 Refer to lines 6–7 (‘Was the hope … Hath it slept since?’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 3.1.5 Refer to line 17 (‘Pr’ythee, peace!’). (a) What tone would Macbeth use in this line? (1) (b) Why would Macbeth use this tone in this line? (1) 3.1.6 What do lines 27–32 (‘I have given … done to this’) reveal about Lady Macbeth’s character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 3.1.7 Refer to the play as a whole. Lady Macbeth is responsible for Macbeth’s downfall. Discuss your view. (3) AND 3.2 EXTRACT F [Lady Macbeth walks in her sleep.] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 14 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock GENTLEWOMAN: Lo you, here she comes! This is her very guise; and, upon my life, fast asleep. Observe her; stand close. DOCTOR: How came she by that light? GENTLEWOMAN: Why, it stood by her: she has light by her continually; ’tis her command. 5 DOCTOR: You see, her eyes are open. GENTLEWOMAN: Ay, but their sense are shut. DOCTOR: What is it she does now? Look how she rubs her hands. GENTLEWOMAN: It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands. I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour. 10 LADY MACBETH: Yet here’s a spot. DOCTOR: Hark, she speaks. I will set down what comes from her, to satisfy my remembrance the more strongly. LADY MACBETH: Out, damned spot! out, I say! One; two. Why, then ’tis time to do’t. Hell is murky! Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? 15 What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? DOCTOR: Do you mark that? LADY MACBETH: The Thane of Fife had a wife. Where is she now?—What, will 20 these hands ne’er be clean? No more o’ that, my lord, no more o’ that: you mar all with this starting. DOCTOR: Go to, go to. You have known what you should not. GENTLEWOMAN: She has spoke what she should not, I am sure of that: heaven knows what she has known. 25 LADY MACBETH: Here’s the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, oh, oh! DOCTOR: What a sigh is there! The heart is sorely charged. [Act 5, Scene 1] 3.2.1 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 3.2.2 Why has the Gentlewoman asked the Doctor to come and observe Lady Macbeth? (1) 3.2.3 Refer to lines 4–5 (‘she has light … ’tis her command’). Explain the irony in these lines. (2) 3.2.4 Refer to line 14 (‘Out, damned spot! out, I say!’). What is Lady Macbeth trying to do, and why? (2) 3.2.5 Refer to line 20 (‘The Thane of Fife … is she now?’). To whose murder does Lady Macbeth refer? (1) 3.2.6 Refer to lines 26–27 (‘all the perfumes … this little hand’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 15 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 3.2.7 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (3.2.7) in the ANSWER BOOK. When the Doctor says, ‘The heart is sorely charged’ (line 28), he means that Lady Macbeth is … A suffering from a heart disease. B weighed down by guilt and sorrow. C angry with her husband. D excited about being queen. (1) 3.2.8 After the murder of Duncan, Lady Macbeth says, ‘A little water clears us of this deed.’ Explain how Lady Macbeth has changed since she made this statement. (2) 3.2.9 One of the themes in Macbeth is guilt. Discuss this theme. (3) [35] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 16 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock QUESTION 4: MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! The examiner’s summaries below describe two parts of the text. Read each summary and answer the questions set on it. 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 summaries, i.e. QUESTION 4.1 AND QUESTION 4.2. NOTE TO CANDIDATES: My Children! My Africa! is still protected by copyright, so this mock paper does not reproduce extracts from it. In the NSC examination you will be given printed extracts; here, questions are based on the examiner’s own summaries of the context. 4.1 CONTEXT G [After the debate.] Examiner’s summary: Isabel Dyson, a learner from Camdeboo Girls’ High, has visited Zolile High in the township of Brakwater for an inter-school debate against Thami Mbikwana. Thami’s classmates vote Isabel the winner. After the debate, Mr M, Thami’s teacher, proposes that Isabel and Thami form a team to take part in an English literature competition. Isabel is excited by the idea. Thami agrees, but he is less enthusiastic than Mr M. 4.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A–E) next to the question numbers (4.1.1(a) to 4.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Mr M A is a white learner who wins the debate at Zolile High (b) Thami B accuse Mr M of being a police informer (c) Isabel C is the principal of Camdeboo Girls’ High (d) The Comrades D is a teacher who believes that words are more powerful than stones E is a gifted learner who becomes involved in the struggle (4 x 1) (4) 4.1.2 Describe the time and place in which the play is set. (2) 4.1.3 Why does Mr M suggest that Isabel and Thami should form a team? State TWO points. (2) 4.1.4 What does Isabel’s visit to Zolile High reveal about her character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 4.1.5 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Thami is a learner at Camdeboo Girls’ High. (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 17 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 4.1.6 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (4.1.6) in the ANSWER BOOK. Isabel and Thami prepare to take part in a competition on … A mathematics. B English literature. C science. D public speaking. (1) 4.1.7 What does Mr M’s enthusiasm about the competition reveal about his attitude towards Thami? (2) 4.1.8 One of the themes in My Children! My Africa! is the importance of education. Discuss this theme. (3) AND 4.2 CONTEXT H [The school boycott.] Examiner’s summary: Thami tells Isabel and Mr M that he is withdrawing from the competition because the Comrades have called for a boycott of the schools. Mr M pleads with him to come back to class, but Thami refuses. Later, Mr M gives the police the names of learners involved in organising the boycott. When the Comrades find out, they believe that he is a police informer. During the unrest, Mr M goes out to face an angry crowd and is killed. 4.2.1 Why does Thami withdraw from the competition? State TWO points. (2) 4.2.2 Why does Mr M give the names of the learners to the police? State TWO points. (2) 4.2.3 What does Mr M’s decision to go out and face the angry crowd reveal about his character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 4.2.4 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Mr M is killed by the police. (1) 4.2.5 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (4.2.5) in the ANSWER BOOK. At the end of the play, Thami … A goes to university in Cape Town. B leaves the country to join the struggle. C becomes a teacher at Zolile High. D is arrested and sent to prison. (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 18 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 4.2.6 Explain the irony of the title, My Children! My Africa!, in the light of Mr M’s death. (2) 4.2.7 What does this part of the play tell us about life in South Africa at the time? (2) 4.2.8 Refer to the play as a whole. Thami is partly to blame for Mr M’s death. Discuss your view. (3) 4.2.9 Refer to the play as a whole. Isabel is a character who grows and changes. Discuss your view. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION B: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 19 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION C: SHORT STORIES In this section, questions are set on the following short stories: • ‘EVELINE’ by James Joyce • ‘THE GIRL WHO CAN’ by Ama Ata Aidoo QUESTION 5 Read the extract and the examiner’s summary 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 5.1 AND QUESTION 5.2. 5.1 ‘EVELINE’ EXTRACT I [At the North Wall.] She stood among the swaying crowd in the station at the North Wall. He held her hand and she knew that he was speaking to her, saying something about the passage over and over again. The station was full of soldiers with brown baggages. Through the wide doors of the sheds she caught a glimpse of the black mass of the boat, lying in beside the quay wall, with illumined portholes. 5 She answered nothing. She felt her cheek pale and cold and, out of a maze of distress, she prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty. The boat blew a long mournful whistle into the mist. If she went, tomorrow she would be on the sea with Frank, steaming towards Buenos Ayres. Their passage had been booked. Could she still draw back after all he had done for her? Her 10 distress awoke a nausea in her body and she kept moving her lips in silent fervent prayer. A bell clanged upon her heart. She felt him seize her hand: “Come!” All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart. He was drawing her into 15 them: he would drown her. She gripped with both hands at the iron railing. “Come!” No! No! No! It was impossible. Her hands clutched the iron in frenzy. Amid the seas she sent a cry of anguish! “Eveline! Evvy!” 20 He rushed beyond the barrier and called to her to follow. He was shouted at to go on but he still called to her. She set her white face to him, passive, like a helpless animal. Her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 20 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 5.1.1 Choose a description from COLUMN B that matches the name in COLUMN A. Write only the letter (A–E) next to the question numbers (5.1.1(a) to 5.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. COLUMN A COLUMN B (a) Harry A tells stories of distant countries B bought the field and built houses on (b) Ernest it C works in the church decorating (c) Miss Gavan business D gives Eveline a hard time at the (d) Frank Stores E was Eveline’s favourite brother, who has died (4 x 1) (4) 5.1.2 Describe the time and place where this extract is set. (2) 5.1.3 Refer to lines 8–9 (‘If she went, … towards Buenos Ayres’). Why does Eveline want to leave Dublin? State TWO reasons. (2) 5.1.4 Refer to line 14 (‘Come!’). (a) What tone would Frank use in this line? (1) (b) Why would Frank use this tone? (1) 5.1.5 Refer to lines 15–16 (‘All the seas … would drown her’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this extract. (2) 5.1.6 Refer to line 23 (‘Her eyes gave … farewell or recognition’). What does this line reveal about Eveline’s state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 5.1.7 Refer to the short story as a whole. Eveline makes the right decision when she stays in Dublin. Discuss your view. (3) AND 5.2 ‘THE GIRL WHO CAN’ CONTEXT J NOTE TO CANDIDATES: The girl who can is still protected by copyright, so this mock paper does not reproduce extracts from it. In the NSC examination you will be given printed extracts; here, questions are based on the examiner’s own summaries of the context. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 21 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock [Nana and Adjoa’s legs.] Examiner’s summary: Adjoa, the seven-year-old narrator, lives in a village in Ghana with her mother and her grandmother, Nana. Nana often complains that Adjoa’s legs are too thin. She believes that a woman needs strong, thick legs and hips so that she can bear children. Adjoa’s mother does not agree with Nana and defends her daughter. Adjoa does not fully understand why her legs cause so much argument between the two people she loves most. 5.2.1 Explain how the use of Adjoa as the narrator affects the way in which the reader experiences the story. (2) 5.2.2 Why is Nana worried about Adjoa’s thin legs? (2) 5.2.3 What does Nana’s attitude reveal about the traditional view of women in Adjoa’s community? (2) 5.2.4 What does the way in which Adjoa’s mother responds to Nana reveal about her character? Substantiate your answer. (2) 5.2.5 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: Adjoa is chosen to represent her school in singing. (1) 5.2.6 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (5.2.6) in the ANSWER BOOK. For her achievement at the district sports, Adjoa is awarded a … A cup. B bicycle. C bursary. D new dress. (1) 5.2.7 Explain the irony in Adjoa’s success at the end of the story. (2) 5.2.8 How does Nana show her pride in Adjoa’s achievement at the end of the story? (2) 5.2.9 The title, ‘The girl who can’, is suitable for this story. Discuss your view. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION C: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 22 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock SECTION D: POETRY In this section, there are questions set on the following poems: • ‘Sonnet 73’ by William Shakespeare • ‘The lake isle of Innisfree’ by William Butler Yeats NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH poems, i.e. QUESTION 6.1 AND QUESTION 6.2. QUESTION 6 6.1 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. Sonnet 73 – William Shakespeare 1 That time of year thou mayst in me behold 2 When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang 3 Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, 4 Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. 5 In me thou see’st the twilight of such day 6 As after sunset fadeth in the west; 7 Which by and by black night doth take away, 8 Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest. 9 In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire, 10 That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, 11 As the death-bed, whereon it must expire, 12 Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by. 13 This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong, 14 To love that well, which thou must leave ere long. 6.1.1 Complete the following sentences by using the words in the list below. Write only the word next to the question numbers (6.1.1(a) to 6.1.1(d)) in the ANSWER BOOK. spring; autumn; dawn; twilight; river; fire; hatred; love In the first quatrain, the speaker compares his stage of life to the season of (a) …. In the second quatrain he compares himself to the (b) … at the end of a day, and in the third quatrain to a dying (c) …. In the couplet, the speaker suggests that the listener’s (d) … for him will grow stronger. (4) 6.1.2 Refer to lines 1–2 (‘That time of … do hang’). What do these lines reveal about the speaker’s state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 6.1.3 Refer to line 4 (‘Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in this line. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this poem. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 23 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 6.1.4 Refer to line 8 (‘Death’s second self’). To what does ‘Death’s second self’ refer? (1) 6.1.5 Explain the meaning of line 12 (‘Consum’d with that which it was nourish’d by’). (2) 6.1.6 Refer to lines 13–14. (a) What tone would the speaker use in these lines? (1) (b) Why would the speaker use this tone in these lines? (1) 6.1.7 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (6.1.7) in the ANSWER BOOK. This poem is an example of a/an … sonnet. A Petrarchan B Shakespearean C Italian D Miltonic (1) 6.1.8 One of the themes in ‘Sonnet 73’ is ageing and death. Discuss this theme. (3) AND 6.2 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. The lake isle of Innisfree – William Butler Yeats 1 I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, 2 And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; 3 Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, 4 And live alone in the bee-loud glade. 5 And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, 6 Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; 7 There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, 8 And evening full of the linnet’s wings. 9 I will arise and go now, for always night and day 10 I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; 11 While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, 12 I hear it in the deep heart’s core. 6.2.1 Refer to stanza 1. (a) Where does the speaker want to go? (1) (b) State TWO things that the speaker plans to do there. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 24 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 NSC Mock 6.2.2 Refer to line 4 (‘And live alone in the bee-loud glade’). What does ‘bee-loud glade’ suggest about the place? (2) 6.2.3 Refer to line 5 (‘for peace comes dropping slow’). (a) Identify the figure of speech used in this line. (1) (b) Explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this poem. (2) 6.2.4 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A–D) next to the question number (6.2.4) in the ANSWER BOOK. ‘lake water lapping with low sounds’ (line 10) is an example of … A alliteration. B simile. C personification. D oxymoron. (1) 6.2.5 Refer to line 11 (‘While I stand … the pavements grey’). What does this line suggest about the speaker’s feelings towards the place where he is now? (2) 6.2.6 Change ONE word to make the following statement TRUE: The speaker wants to live with his family on Innisfree. (1) 6.2.7 Refer to line 12 (‘I hear it in the deep heart’s core’). What does this line reveal about the speaker’s state of mind? Substantiate your answer. (2) 6.2.8 The speaker’s dream of living on Innisfree is realistic. Discuss your view. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION D: 35 GRAND TOTAL: 70 Copyright reserved