* Updated April 2019
English is one of the key exam papers that matric learners write. Here's a collection of past English Home Language (HL) papers plus memos to help you prepare for the matric finals. We'd also like to tell you about our new free Grade 12 study guides. So far we only have free English First Additional Language study guides, but we do have maths, science and many other subjects, and we hope to get English HL for free too.
Before we get to the past papers, here are some more links we hope you'll find useful:
- Bookmark this page: Matrics 2019! All you need to know
- The Parent24 index page with all past papers
- For the NSC 2019 timetable, click here
All the best of luck!
The Parent24 team.
2018 May/June:
2018 English Paper 1 May/June
2018 English Paper 1 Memorandum May/June
2018 English Paper 2 May/June
2018 English Paper 2 Memorandum May/June
2018 English Paper 3 May/June
2018 English Paper 3 Memorandum May/June
2018 Feb/March:
2018 English Paper 1 Feb/March
2018 English Paper 1 Memorandum Feb/March
2018 English Paper 2 Feb/March
2018 English Paper 2 Memorandum Feb/March
2018 English Paper 3 Feb/March
2018 English Paper 3 Memorandum Feb/March
2017 November:
2017 English Paper 1 November
2017 English Paper 1 Memorandum November
2017 English Paper 2 November
2017 English Paper 2 Memorandum November
2017 English Paper 3 November
2017 English Paper 3 Memorandum November
2017 May/June:
2017 English Paper 1 May/June
2017 English Paper 1 Memorandum May/June
2017 English Paper 2 May/June
2017 English Paper 2 Memorandum May/June
2017 English Paper 3 May/June
2017 English Paper 3 Memorandum May/June*
2017 Feb/March:
2017 English Paper 1 Feb/March
2017 English Paper 1 Memorandum Feb/March
2017 English Paper 2 Feb/March
2017 English Paper 2 Memorandum Feb/March
2017 English Paper 3 Feb/March
2017 English Paper 3 Memorandum Feb/March
2016 October/November:
2016 English Paper 1 Memorandum November
2016 English Paper 2 Memorandum November
2016 English Paper 3 Memorandum November
2016 ASC May/June:
2016 English Paper 1 Memorandum May/June
2016 English Paper 2 Memorandum May/June
2016 English Paper 3 Memorandum May/June
2016 Feb/March:
2016 English Paper 1 Feb/March
2016 English Paper 1 Memorandum Feb/March
2016 English Paper 2 Feb/March
2016 English Paper 2 Memorandum Feb/March
2016 English Paper 3 Feb/March
2016 English Paper 3 Memorandum Feb/March
2015 November:
2015 English Paper 1 Memorandum November
2015 English Paper 2 Memorandum November
2015 English Paper 3 Memorandum November
2015 Feb/March:
2015 English Paper 1 Feb/March
2015 English Paper 1 Memorandum Feb/March
2015 English Paper 2 Feb/March
2015 English Paper 2 Memorandum Feb/March
2015 English Paper 3 Feb/March
2015 English Paper 3 Memorandum Feb/March
2014 November:
2014 English Paper 1 Memorandum November
2014 English Paper 2 Memorandum November
2014 English Paper 3 Memorandum November
2014 Grade 12 NSC Exemplars:
2014 English Paper 1 Memorandum
2014 Feb/March:
2014 English Paper 1 Feb/March
2014 English Paper 1 Memorandum Feb/March
2014 English Paper 2 Feb/March
2014 English Paper 2 Memorandum Feb/March
2014 English Paper 3 Feb/March
2014 English Paper 3 Memorandum Feb/March
2013 November:
2013 English Paper 1 November*
2013 English Paper 1 Memorandum November*
2013 English Paper 2 November*
2013 English Paper 2 Memorandum November
2013 English Paper 3 November*
2013 English Paper 3 Memorandum November*
2013 Feb/March:
2013 English Paper 1 Feb/March
2013 English Paper 1 Memorandum Feb/March
2013 English Paper 2 Feb/March
2013 English Paper 2 Memorandum Feb/March
2013 English Paper 3 Feb/March
2013 English Paper 3 Memorandum Feb/March
2012 November:
2012 February/March:
2012 English Paper 1 Feb/March
2012 English Paper 1 Memorandum Feb/March
2012 English Paper 2 Feb/March
2012 English Paper 2 Memorandum Feb/March*
2012 English Paper 3 Feb/March
2012 English Paper 3 Memorandum Feb/March
2011 November:
2011 English Paper 1 Memorandum November*
2011 English Paper 2 Memerandum November*
2011 English Paper 3 Memorandum November*
2011 February/March:
2011 English Paper 1 Feb/March
2011 English Paper 1 Memorandum Feb/March
2011 English Paper 2 Feb/March
2011 English Paper 2 Memorandum Feb/March
2011 English Paper 3 Feb/March
2011 English Paper 3 Memorandum Feb/March
2009 November:
2009 English Paper 1 Memorandum
2009 English Paper 2 Memorandum
2009 English Paper 3 Memorandum
2008 November:
2008 English Paper 1 Memorandum*
2008 English Paper 2*
2008 English Paper 2 Memorandum*
2008 English Paper 3*
2008 English Paper 3 Memorandum
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*Source: Department of Basic Education