English FAL Grade 9 Paper 1 November Mock 2026 Memo

Mock hlayiso mock exams Practice Series: Grade 9 Exam Preparation WWW.HLAYISO.COM SENIOR PHASE END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION GRADE 9 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P1 NOVEMBER 2026 (MOCK) MARKING GUIDELINES MARKS: 70 These marking guidelines consist of 8 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P1 2 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 Senior Phase – Marking Guidelines INSTRUCTIONS TO MARKERS 1. Candidates are required to answer ALL the questions. 2. These marking guidelines serve as a guide to markers. Some responses may require the marker’s discretion; accept any other relevant, well-substantiated answers. 3. Assess candidates’ responses as objectively as possible. MARKING THE COMPREHENSION AND VISUAL LITERACY QUESTIONS • Because the focus is on understanding, incorrect spelling and language errors in responses should not be penalised unless such errors change the meaning. (Errors must still be indicated.) • For open-ended questions, no marks are awarded for YES/NO or I AGREE/I DISAGREE alone. The reason/substantiation is what should be credited. • When one-word answers are required and the candidate gives a whole sentence, mark it correct provided the correct word is underlined/highlighted. • When TWO points are required and a range is given, mark only the first TWO. • For multiple-choice questions, accept the letter of the correct answer AND/OR the answer written out in full. • Where a quotation is required, do not accept a misquotation or a paraphrase. MARKING THE LANGUAGE QUESTIONS (SECTION D) • Spelling must be correct in answers where the candidate has to rewrite or change words or sentences. • If the candidate rewrites the sentence correctly but makes a new error elsewhere in the sentence, do not award the mark. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P1 3 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 Senior Phase – Marking Guidelines SECTION A: COMPREHENSION QUESTION 1 1.1 1.1.1 Mamelodi✓ (1) 1.1.2 They came to school hungry/with empty stomachs/they had not eaten.✓ (1) 1.2 1.2.1 B/metaphor✓ (1) 1.2.2 If you work hard on the soil/plant seeds and look after them✓, the soil gives back much more (food) than you put into it/you are rewarded with a good harvest.✓ NOTE: The answer must be in the candidate’s OWN words. Award 1 mark for a partly correct answer. (2) 1.3 The school had no money for seeds or tools.✓ The nearest water tap was (more than a hundred metres) far away (from the corner).✓ (2) 1.4 B/did not believe that the garden would succeed.✓ (1) 1.5 1.5.1 FALSE✓ ‘and they planted again’✓ NOTE: Do not award a mark for FALSE if the quotation is incorrect. Do not accept more or fewer than four words. Do not accept quotations from outside paragraph 4 (e.g. ‘Lerato was not discouraged’ is in paragraph 3). (2) 1.5.2 She is determined/strong/resilient/she does not give up easily/she is a problem-solver.✓ She cried for only one evening; the next morning she asked a scrap dealer for help, built a fence and planted again.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for the character trait and 1 mark for the reason from the text. (2) 1.6 It supplies vegetables for a bowl of soup for 120 learners (twice a week).✓ Leftover vegetables are sold and the money buys more seeds.✓ The ugly rubbish dump has been cleaned up/the school looks better.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P1 4 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 Senior Phase – Marking Guidelines 1.7 1.7.1 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. Learners can see and touch what they study✓, e.g. they study soil and insects in Natural Sciences and measure the beds to calculate area and perimeter in Mathematics.✓ OR No. Learners waste time outside/working in the garden takes time away from lessons✓, and they can learn the same work from books in the classroom.✓ NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 2 marks for a well-substantiated answer and 1 mark for a partly substantiated answer. (2) 1.7.2 ‘a small idea can grow like a seed’✓ NOTE: Accept ‘grow like a seed’. (1) 1.8 FACT✓ (1) 1.9 1.9.1 Figuratively.✓ The future cannot really feel hunger. Lerato means that more and more people will need food in the years to come, so there will be a great need for farmers.✓ NOTE: Do not award a mark for ‘figuratively’ if the explanation is incorrect. (2) 1.9.2 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. No. Young people like Lerato are farming successfully✓ and they are strong, have new ideas and can use technology to farm better.✓ OR Yes. Farming is hard physical work✓ and most young people today prefer to work in offices or with computers.✓ NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 2 marks for a well-substantiated answer and 1 mark for a partly substantiated answer. (2) 1.10 B/inspire readers with the story of a learner’s success.✓ (1) 1.11 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. The corner behind the science block used to be a rubbish dump; now it is a garden that supplies the vegetables for the learners’ soup✓. The title shows this change in a few words.✓ OR No. The title only mentions the soup✓, but the article is also about Lerato’s courage, the outdoor classroom and her award.✓ NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 2 marks for a well-substantiated answer and 1 mark for a partly substantiated answer. (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P1 5 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 Senior Phase – Marking Guidelines TOTAL SECTION A: 25 SECTION B: VISUAL LITERACY QUESTION 2 2.1 People who want to grow their own vegetables/families/beginner gardeners/people who want to save money on food.✓ (1) 2.2 ‘Grow more. Pay less.’✓ NOTE: Do not accept ‘From Seed to Supper in 60 Days!’ – that is the product’s headline, not the company’s slogan. (1) 2.3 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. People love getting something for free✓; it makes the kit seem like better value for money, and the large letters in the star catch the reader’s eye.✓ OR No. A watering can is cheap/many people already have one✓, so it would not make me spend R149,99 on the kit.✓ NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. Award 2 marks for a well-substantiated answer and 1 mark for a partly substantiated answer. (2) 2.4 A/alliteration✓ (1) 2.5 Open-ended. Accept a suitable answer, e.g. Yes. Everything I need is in the box and I also get a free watering can./It will save my family money on vegetables.✓ OR No. R149,99 is expensive for seeds that I can buy separately.✓ NOTE: Do not award a mark for YES/NO alone. The mark is for a valid reason. (1) 2.6 In the (back)yard/garden (at home).✓ Visual clue (any ONE): the vegetable plants/the watering can/the fence/the bench.✓ (2) 2.7 Mother and son.✓ NOTE: No reason is required. Also accept: parent and child. (1) 2.8 Thabo is only playing a farming game (TOMATO TYCOON) on his phone; his farm is not real.✓ His game does not water the real vegetables/produce food that the family can eat/his mother wants him to do the real work in the garden.✓ (2) 2.9 2.9.1 C/shocked✓ (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P1 6 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 Senior Phase – Marking Guidelines 2.9.2 His eyes are wide open./His mouth is open (in an O-shape)./His hands are thrown up in the air./There are drops of sweat around his head.✓ NOTE: Accept any ONE VISUAL clue. Do not accept ‘B-but Ma …!’ (verbal clue). (1) 2.9.3 Instead of food, his mother puts his phone on his plate✓. She takes his words literally: if his game tomatoes are real, he can eat them for supper. He cannot eat a game, so he has been taught a lesson/the joke is on him.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for what happens and 1 mark for the explanation of the irony/twist. For the first mark, also accept: Ma says he can eat his (game) tomatoes for supper, so he gets no real food. (2) TOTAL SECTION B: 15 SECTION C: SUMMARY QUESTION 3 WAYS TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE AT HOME QUOTATIONS POINTS 1 ‘plan the meals that your family will eat Plan the family’s meals for the week during the week’ before shopping. 2 ‘write a shopping list and buy only what is Make a shopping list and stick to it/do on the list’ not be tempted by special offers. 3 ‘Keep bread in a sealed container, and keep Store food properly so that it lasts fruit and vegetables in a cool place or in the longer. fridge.’ 4 ‘move the older food to the front of the Use older food first. cupboard so that it is eaten first’ 5 ‘dish up small portions’ Dish up small helpings/take a second helping rather than waste food. 6 ‘Leftover rice, vegetables and meat can be Turn leftovers into new meals. turned into a tasty new meal’ 7 ‘freeze the extra food before it goes off’ Freeze extra cooked food. 8 ‘Put them on a compost heap’ Compost peels and eggshells instead of throwing them away. NOTE: Storing bread and storing fruit/vegetables are ONE point (point 3). Making a shopping list and resisting special offers are ONE point (point 2). MARKING THE SUMMARY • Award 7 marks for any SEVEN of the points above (1 mark per point) and 3 marks for language (see the rubric below). • Mark only ONE point per sentence. Do not award a mark for a point that is out of context or not in a full sentence. • Do not penalise the candidate if there is no word count, but verify the number of words. If the summary is longer than 60 words, read up to the end of the sentence in which the 60th word appears and ignore the rest. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P1 7 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 Senior Phase – Marking Guidelines • Candidates who quote directly may be awarded the content mark, but their language mark should reflect that they did not use their own words. 1 MARK 2 MARKS 3 MARKS Poor grammar and Average grammar and Good grammar and sentence construction. The sentence construction. The sentence construction. The candidate cannot express candidate expresses candidate expresses him/herself clearly; quotes him/herself satisfactorily, him/herself clearly in own are used throughout. using short, simple words; few or no errors. sentences; some own words. (7 + 3) TOTAL SECTION C: 10 SECTION D: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT QUESTION 4 4.1 4.1.1 B/adverb✓ (1) 4.1.2 D/common noun✓ (1) 4.1.3 C/preposition✓ (1) 4.2 4.2.1 Visitors bought fresh vegetables at affordable prices.✓ (1) 4.2.2 The young farmers sell their vegetables every month.✓ NOTE: Also accept: The young farmer sells his/her vegetables every month. (1) 4.3 Apostrophe✓ (it shows that letters have been left out/contraction of ‘cannot’) (1) 4.4 Acronym✓ (it is pronounced as a word) NOTE: YEFF is read as one word (‘yef’); do not accept initialism. (1) 4.5 Sibusiso said that his✓ stall was✓ the busiest one at the market that day.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for each correct change. Do not award marks if inverted commas are used. (3) 4.6 The organisers planned to hold the market every month.✓ (1) 4.7 All his tomatoes were sold by Sibusiso.✓ NOTE: The whole sentence must be correct for the mark. (1) 4.8 Is farming hard work?✓ NOTE: Also accept a question tag: Farming is hard work, isn’t it? (1) 4.9 tomatoes✓ (1) 4.10 Sibusiso was happy because he (had) sold all his tomatoes.✓ NOTE: Also accept: Because he sold all his tomatoes, Sibusiso was happy. (1) 4.11 B/compound✓ (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P1 8 Hlayiso/Mock 2026 Senior Phase – Marking Guidelines 4.12 last✓ (1) 4.13 unhappy✓ (1) 4.14 The hard work brings good results/rewards; it is worth the effort.✓ (1) 4.15 busier✓ (1) TOTAL SECTION D: 20 GRAND TOTAL: 70 COGNITIVE LEVELS (Barrett’s taxonomy, approximate) Level Marks % 1: Literal (recall, recognition, retrieval) 23 33 2: Reorganisation (summarising, changing structures) 24 34 3: Inference (interpreting, explaining) 14 20 4–5: Evaluation and appreciation (opinions, judgements) 9 13 Total 70 100 Copyright reserved