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Grade 11 Language structures and conventions

English practice questions and a worked example

Grade 11 English language questions come from Section C of Paper 1, at First Additional Language and Home Language level: analysing advertisements, analysing cartoons, and language and editing skills. The questions here ask you to explain the target audience, techniques and language of an advertisement, explain the humour, irony and visual and verbal clues in a cartoon, correct errors such as concord, spelling and malapropisms in a passage, and change sentences into the passive voice, reported speech or another tense. They come from the Eastern Cape Grade 11 English Paper 1 for November 2018, November 2020 and November 2022 (First Additional Language) and November 2019, November 2020 and November 2022 (Home Language), each with the answer from the marking guideline.

Worked example

QUESTION 3: ANALYSING AN ADVERTISEMENT Study the OUTsurance advertisement (TEXT D) in the figure and answer the set questions. 3.1 What type of service is being advertised?

Answer

A service to assist motorists who need help on the road (emergency home and roadside assistance).

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QUESTION 3: ANALYSING AN ADVERTISEMENT Study the OUTsurance advertisement (TEXT D) in the figure and answer the set questions. 3.3 Identify the slogan used in the advertisement.

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Common mistakes

Changing only part of a sentence in reported speech. Move the verb one tense back and change the pronouns and words such as “this” to “that”.
Leaving out “by” or the right form of “to be” in the passive voice.
Naming only one clue when a cartoon question asks for a verbal and a visual clue.