English FAL Grade 12 Paper 2 Term 2 Exam (2026) PDF UUD-178

This is the English First Additional Language Grade 12 Paper 2 national May/June examination, worth 70 marks and to be completed in two and a half hours, testing literature. Learners answer two questions from any two of four sections: the novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the dramas Macbeth and My Children! My Africa!, the short stories ‘Rejection’ and ‘Forbidden Love’, and the poems ‘The night-jar and Inkosazana Yasezulwini’ and ‘The lake isle of Innisfree’.

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Term 2 Content Brief

English First Additional Language Grade 12 Paper 2 Term 2 Exam PDF UUD-178

Key terms covered include novel, drama, short story, and poetry, as literary genres studied for the examination.
The paper consists of 28 pages across four sections: Novel, Drama, Short Stories, and Poetry. Learners answer one question each from any two sections.
By the end of this paper, learners should be able to analyse and respond to prescribed novels, dramas, short stories and poems studied during the year.
Grade 12
Subject English First Additional Language
Curriculum South African (CAPS)

English First Additional Language Grade 12 Paper 2 Term 2 Exam PDF UUD-178

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