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Download Grade 11 Past Exam Papers

Free Grade 11 question papers and marking guidelines, sorted by subject, year and exam period. Download as PDFs, no account needed.

Phase
FET Phase, Grade 10 to 12
Subject groups
Commerce, Humanities, Languages, Mathematics, Science
Exam periods
June mid-year and November final
Why it matters
Grade 11 finals carry your provisional university offers

The marks that get you a provisional university offer

Grade 11 final results are the marks South African universities use when they make provisional offers, because Grade 12 results do not exist yet when applications close. For most learners that makes the November Grade 11 examinations the most consequential set of papers they have written so far.

The content steps up sharply from Grade 10 as well, particularly in Accounting, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, and much of the Grade 12 syllabus quietly assumes this year is solid.

Papers below are filed by subject, year and exam period, with the memorandum alongside the question paper. Work through them, mark yourself honestly, then run the result through the APS calculator to see what those marks would actually translate into. If a university on your list uses the National Benchmark Tests, that is worth reading up on in Grade 11 too.

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Grade 11 past exam papers by subject

Open a subject group, then work down through subject, year and exam period. Question papers and memos sit together in the same folder, so you can mark your own work as soon as you finish.

Do the work this year and matric feels like revision, not a first attempt. All the best, YOU'VE GOT THIS.

  • COMMERCE
    • ACCOUNTING
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        • EC DEC EXAMS
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        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2021
        • GP DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • BUSINESS STUDIES
      • 2025
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2024
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • ECONOMICS
      • 2025
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2024
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2023
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2021
        • GP DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
  • ACCOUNTING
  • BUSINESS STUDIES
  • ECONOMICS
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  • HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
    • CONSUMER STUDIES
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • GEOGRAPHY
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        • Provincial Exams
          • Eastern Cape
            • December Exams
      • 2024
        • Provincial Exams
          • Eastern Cape
            • December Exams
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • HISTORY
      • 2025
        • Provincial Exams
          • Eastern Cape
            • December Exams
      • 2024
        • Provincial Exams
          • Eastern Cape
            • December Exams
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • HOSPITALITY STUDIES
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • TOURISM
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
  • CONSUMER STUDIES
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • HISTORY
  • HOSPITALITY STUDIES
  • TOURISM
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  • MATHEMATICS
    • MATHEMATICS
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        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2024
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2021
        • GP DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • MATHEMATICS LITERACY
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        • EC DEC EXAMS
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        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
  • MATHEMATICS
  • MATHEMATICS LITERACY
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  • SCIENCE
    • AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
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        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2024
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • LIFE SCIENCES
      • 2025
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2024
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
    • PHYSICAL SCIENCES
      • 2025
        • EC DEC EXAMS
      • 2024
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2023
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2022
        • EC DEC EXAMS
        • GP JUNE EXAMS
      • 2021
        • GP DEC EXAMS
      • 2020
        • EC DEC EXAMS
  • AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
  • LIFE SCIENCES
  • PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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How to turn Grade 11 papers into a university offer

These are the marks that go on your application. This is the routine that moves them.

Treat November like it counts

Grade 11 finals are what a university sees on your application. Practising for them in September is late. Practising for them in June is not.

Write it timed, memo closed

Printed, to the clock on the cover page. A paper worked through with notes open tells you nothing useful about where you actually stand.

Mark strictly against the guideline

Give yourself only the marks a real marker would give. Being generous in September is expensive in November.

Check the number against your target

Run your marks through the APS calculator and compare them with the requirements of the course you want. That gap is your revision plan.

Past exam papers for other grades

Fine Path keeps a free past paper library for every grade from 6 to 12. Pick a grade to open its papers.

Grade 11 past papers, answered

Yes, more than most learners realise. Applications open and close while a learner is still in Grade 12, before any matric results exist, so the provisional offer is made on Grade 11 final results. A firm offer follows once the NSC results are out.
Provincial. Grade 11 is not a national examination, so papers are set at provincial level. The library here is mostly Eastern Cape and Gauteng papers. The CAPS content behind them is national, which is why a paper from any province is still useful practice.
In the same folder as the question paper. Open a subject group, then the subject, year and exam period, and both files appear in the list together.
The content depth increases noticeably, particularly in Accounting, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, and much of the Grade 12 syllabus assumes Grade 11 material is solid. It is the year where falling behind starts to get expensive.
Later in the year, for the topics that overlap, yes. Early in Grade 11 it is more useful to master the Grade 11 papers first.

Past papers help you practise. A tutor helps you understand.

Fine Path Grade 11 tutors turn papers like these into real exam marks, in Accounting, Business Studies, Economics and Maths.

Navigate Your Way to Accounting Mastery With Fine Path.