Datum / Date: June 2025
Tyd / Time: 2 ½ Hours
Punte / Marks: 80 Marks
Graad / Grade: 11
Vak / Subject: English Home Language
Vraestel / Paper: Paper 2
Naam en Van / Name and Surname:
Algemene instruksies vir die skryf van toetse | General instructions for the writing of exams:
1. Gaan vinnig deur jou hele vraestel. Quickly scan through your entire paper.
2. Lees ‘n vraag 2x deur voor jy daarmee begin. Read the question twice before you begin.
3. Maak seker jy antwoord alle vrae. Make sure to answer ALL questions.
4. Skryf netjies en leesbaar. Write neatly and legibly.
5 As jy te veel sukkel met ‘n vraag, beweeg aan na If you struggle too much with a question, move
die volgende vraag en kom terug nadat alle on to the next one and return once you have
ander vrae beantwoord is. answered all the other questions.
6. Vir langer vrae, maak seker jy beplan jou If the question calls for a longer answer, plan
antwoord voordat jy begin skryf. before you start writing.
7. Vir enige antwoord langer as 1-2 woorde, skryf For any answer longer than 1-2 words, always
altyd in volsinne. write in full sentences.
8. Maak seker elke punt verwys terug na die Make sure every point you make refers to the
sentrale vraag. central question.
9. Gebruik die korrekte grammatika, spelling en Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation
leestekens na die beste van jou vermoë. to the best of your ability.
10. As jy ‘n fout maak, trek dit duidelik dood met ‘n If you make a mistake, cross it out clearly with a
enkel, netjiese lyn en skryf die korrekte single, neat line and write the correct answer
antwoord neer. instead.
11. Nommer die antwoorde korrek volgens die Number the answers correctly according to the
numering stelsel in hierdie vraestel. numbering system used in this question paper.
12. Stel jou antwoorde korrek voor volgens die Present your answers according to the
instruksies van elke vraag. instructions for each question.
Baie sterkte met jou eksamen! | Good luck with your exam!
Bl / Pg www.summariessa.co.za Opsteller / Author: CHE NOR
Graad / Grade: 11 Vak / Subject: English HL Datum / Date: June 2025
, Instructions:
1. This paper consists of THREE sections:
SECTION A: POETRY TOTAL:[30]
Question 1-4 (ANSWER TWO) (20)
Question 5 (COMPULSORY) Unseen Poem (10)
SECTION B: NOVEL TOTAL:[25]
Question 6: Essay Question
SECTION C: NOVEL TOTAL:[25]
Question 7: Contextual Questions
2. You must answer TWO seen poetry questions (Questions 1-4). The unseen
poetry question (Question 5) is compulsory.
3. Suggested time allocation:
Section A: 40 minutes
Section B: 55 minutes
Section C: 55 minutes
4. Write neatly and legibly with a blue pen.
5. Leave a line open after each question.
6. Rule off after each section.
7. Answer ALL requested questions and pay attention to the mark allocation.
Read instructions at the start of each section properly.
Bl / Pg www.summariessa.co.za Opsteller / Author: CHE NOR
Graad / Grade: 11 Vak / Subject: English HL Datum / Date: June 2025
, SECTION A: POETRY
ONLY ANSWER TWO OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (1-4):
Question 1: Essay
A Far Cry from Africa ̶ Derek Walcott
A wind is ruffling the tawny pelt
Of Africa, Kikuyu, quick as flies,
Batten upon the bloodstreams of the veldt.
Corpses are scattered through a paradise.
Only the worm, colonel of carrion, cries: 5
'Waste no compassion on these separate dead!'
Statistics justify and scholars seize
The salients of colonial policy.
What is that to the white child hacked in bed?
To savages, expendable as Jews? 10
Threshed out by beaters, the long rushes break
In a white dust of ibises whose cries
Have wheeled since civilizations dawn
From the parched river or beast-teeming plain.
The violence of beast on beast is read 15
As natural law, but upright man
Seeks his divinity by inflicting pain.
Delirious as these worried beasts, his wars
Dance to the tightened carcass of a drum,
While he calls courage still that native dread 20
Of the white peace contracted by the dead.
Again brutish necessity wipes its hands
Upon the napkin of a dirty cause, again
A waste of our compassion, as with Spain,
The gorilla wrestles with the superman. 25
Essay Question:
In an essay of 250-300 words, critically discuss how the use of imagery reinforces
the speaker’s message regarding the place of violence in the human and animal
kingdoms.
[10]
Bl / Pg www.summariessa.co.za Opsteller / Author: CHE NOR
Graad / Grade: 11 Vak / Subject: English HL Datum / Date: June 2025
Tyd / Time: 2 ½ Hours
Punte / Marks: 80 Marks
Graad / Grade: 11
Vak / Subject: English Home Language
Vraestel / Paper: Paper 2
Naam en Van / Name and Surname:
Algemene instruksies vir die skryf van toetse | General instructions for the writing of exams:
1. Gaan vinnig deur jou hele vraestel. Quickly scan through your entire paper.
2. Lees ‘n vraag 2x deur voor jy daarmee begin. Read the question twice before you begin.
3. Maak seker jy antwoord alle vrae. Make sure to answer ALL questions.
4. Skryf netjies en leesbaar. Write neatly and legibly.
5 As jy te veel sukkel met ‘n vraag, beweeg aan na If you struggle too much with a question, move
die volgende vraag en kom terug nadat alle on to the next one and return once you have
ander vrae beantwoord is. answered all the other questions.
6. Vir langer vrae, maak seker jy beplan jou If the question calls for a longer answer, plan
antwoord voordat jy begin skryf. before you start writing.
7. Vir enige antwoord langer as 1-2 woorde, skryf For any answer longer than 1-2 words, always
altyd in volsinne. write in full sentences.
8. Maak seker elke punt verwys terug na die Make sure every point you make refers to the
sentrale vraag. central question.
9. Gebruik die korrekte grammatika, spelling en Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation
leestekens na die beste van jou vermoë. to the best of your ability.
10. As jy ‘n fout maak, trek dit duidelik dood met ‘n If you make a mistake, cross it out clearly with a
enkel, netjiese lyn en skryf die korrekte single, neat line and write the correct answer
antwoord neer. instead.
11. Nommer die antwoorde korrek volgens die Number the answers correctly according to the
numering stelsel in hierdie vraestel. numbering system used in this question paper.
12. Stel jou antwoorde korrek voor volgens die Present your answers according to the
instruksies van elke vraag. instructions for each question.
Baie sterkte met jou eksamen! | Good luck with your exam!
Bl / Pg www.summariessa.co.za Opsteller / Author: CHE NOR
Graad / Grade: 11 Vak / Subject: English HL Datum / Date: June 2025
, Instructions:
1. This paper consists of THREE sections:
SECTION A: POETRY TOTAL:[30]
Question 1-4 (ANSWER TWO) (20)
Question 5 (COMPULSORY) Unseen Poem (10)
SECTION B: NOVEL TOTAL:[25]
Question 6: Essay Question
SECTION C: NOVEL TOTAL:[25]
Question 7: Contextual Questions
2. You must answer TWO seen poetry questions (Questions 1-4). The unseen
poetry question (Question 5) is compulsory.
3. Suggested time allocation:
Section A: 40 minutes
Section B: 55 minutes
Section C: 55 minutes
4. Write neatly and legibly with a blue pen.
5. Leave a line open after each question.
6. Rule off after each section.
7. Answer ALL requested questions and pay attention to the mark allocation.
Read instructions at the start of each section properly.
Bl / Pg www.summariessa.co.za Opsteller / Author: CHE NOR
Graad / Grade: 11 Vak / Subject: English HL Datum / Date: June 2025
, SECTION A: POETRY
ONLY ANSWER TWO OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (1-4):
Question 1: Essay
A Far Cry from Africa ̶ Derek Walcott
A wind is ruffling the tawny pelt
Of Africa, Kikuyu, quick as flies,
Batten upon the bloodstreams of the veldt.
Corpses are scattered through a paradise.
Only the worm, colonel of carrion, cries: 5
'Waste no compassion on these separate dead!'
Statistics justify and scholars seize
The salients of colonial policy.
What is that to the white child hacked in bed?
To savages, expendable as Jews? 10
Threshed out by beaters, the long rushes break
In a white dust of ibises whose cries
Have wheeled since civilizations dawn
From the parched river or beast-teeming plain.
The violence of beast on beast is read 15
As natural law, but upright man
Seeks his divinity by inflicting pain.
Delirious as these worried beasts, his wars
Dance to the tightened carcass of a drum,
While he calls courage still that native dread 20
Of the white peace contracted by the dead.
Again brutish necessity wipes its hands
Upon the napkin of a dirty cause, again
A waste of our compassion, as with Spain,
The gorilla wrestles with the superman. 25
Essay Question:
In an essay of 250-300 words, critically discuss how the use of imagery reinforces
the speaker’s message regarding the place of violence in the human and animal
kingdoms.
[10]
Bl / Pg www.summariessa.co.za Opsteller / Author: CHE NOR
Graad / Grade: 11 Vak / Subject: English HL Datum / Date: June 2025
