2025 EFSS P1 Section A & B

Class: Candidate Name: Candidate Index Number: EDGEFIELD SECONDARY SCHOOL 2025 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Secondary 4/5 O Syllabus ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Section A and Section B Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: Insert Section C 1184/01 AUGUST 2025 1 hour 50 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ink. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. This section contains Section A and Section B. Answer Section A, Section B and one question from Section C. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the Question Paper. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the start of each section. The total marks for this paper is 70. FOR EXAMINER’S USE My target grade/mark:  Section A Section B Section C Total /10 /30 /30 /70 Parent’s Signature This document consists of 8 printed pages. [Turn over

2 EFSS/PRELIM2025ELP1/1184_1/4E5N/TJSR Section A [10 marks] Question 1 Carefully read the text below, consisting of 12 lines, about Western Australia’s pink lakes. The first and last lines are correct. For eight of the lines, there is one grammatical error in each line. There are two more lines with no errors. If there is NO error in a line, put a tick () in the space provided. If the line is incorrect, circle the incorrect word and write the correct word in the space provided. The correct word you provide must not change the original meaning of the sentence. Examples I travelled to Kuala Lumpur on train. by My sister loves adventure films.  Beside the ochre-coloured gorges and turquoise coastlines of Western Australia lies a surprising hue: fuchsia pink. The state’s pink salt lakes have been a startling part 1 of the landscape for thousands of years. More recently, the pink lakes has featured 2 in social media posts, fashion ads and music videos but two of Western Australia’s 3 most iconic pink lakes have lost their distinctive colour in the last 20 years. These 4 lakes tell a story of climate change and excessive resource extraction in a way 5 humans can see. So often, environmental problems are only revealed in increment 6 changes. They take generations to play out, making them easier to deny and hard 7 to address – but as the vibrant colour of these iconic pink lakes fade away, it offers 8 visually powerful evidence that the system is out of balance. Yet, Dr Nik Callow, an 9 hydrologist expert, believes what’s happening in the pink lakes is also an 10 empowering example of how humans can go from breaking things to fixing them. Adapted from: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/western -australia-pink-lakes-travel

3 [Turn over EFSS/PRELIM2025ELP1/1184_1/4E5N/TJSR Section B [30 marks] You are advised to write between 250 and 350 words for this section. Question 2 You should look at the printout of a webpage in the Insert, study the information carefully and plan your answer before you begin to write. Your school is organising Values in Action (VIA) learning journeys as part of its annual year - end overseas immersi on programme. The programme aims to promote cross -cultural understanding through service -learning. Three projects have been identified by the VIA teacher-in-charge of the programme, who would now like for students to register their interest in the initiative they would like to participate. Write an email to the VIA teacher-in-charge outlining:  which initiative you would like to apply for and why it is important to you  how you think the initiative you have chosen will benefit you  what long -term benefits you hope the initiative you have chosen will bring to its beneficiaries. You may add any other details you think will be helpful. Write your email in clear, accurate English and in a polite and persuasive tone, to convince the VIA teacher-in-charge of your suitability for the programme. You should use your own words as much as possible. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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