1. science
2. mathematics

AFRIKAANS: EERSTE ADDISIONELE TAAL
GRAAD 8: JUNIE EKSAMEN - 2015
VRAESTEL 1
1,5 uur
- ± 100 Punte
Vraag 1:
Begripstoetse
Vraag 2:
Taal –
VRAESTEL 2
1,5 uur - Letterkunde
Gedigte:
Inkopies
Dagdroom
Spokewals
Spoke
Kort verhale:
Arm hond
Stout Kangaroe
Die Vlieënde Hollander
VRAESTEL 3
1,5 uur – Kreatiewe skryfwerk: In klas
M. STEYNBERG, E. BASSON & A LE ROUX
EMS – Accounting
Grade 8 – June Exam 2015
Marks: +/- 100
Duration: 1, 5 Hours
Paper consists of;
 Textbook pg. 9-73
 All notes and exercises
 Terminology
 Accounting Equations
 Cost Price (calculations)
 The effect on the accounting equation
 Cash Receipts Journal – service and trading enterprises
 Cash payments Journal
 Petty Cash Journal
Remember to bring your OWN calculator!!!!!!!!!
Grade 8 EMS June 2015
1 Paper 80 Marks
1 hour
 Economic Cycle
 Government and Its Interaction with households and
business
 The History of Money
 Needs and wants
 The National Budget
 Case studies and Source based questions
Grade 8
Examination Preparation
English Home Language
Language Paper 1
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Parts of speech Worksheet
Types of nouns
o Proper
o Common
o Abstract
o Collective
Adjectives
Punctuation
Plurals / Irregular Plurals
Verbs / Tenses
Adverbs
Apostrophe
Direct and Reported Speech
Literature Paper 2
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Study theory notes provided: Figures of Speech and Sound Devices.
Poems:
o The ballad of Billy the Kid
o Introduction to Poetry
o High Flight
o My Papa’s Waltz
o Portrait of a loaf of bread
o Not waving but drowning
One unseen poem
Novel: The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
o Notes provided
o Chapter 10 to the end of the novel.
Geography Exam
Grade 8 June 2015
Marks: 100
Time: 1½ Hours
Learners should answer BOTH questions
Question 1 (50 marks)
Map Skills
Content outline:
 Maps and atlases
 The globe
 Satellite images
Question 2 (50 marks)
Climate Regions
Content outline:
 Factors that influence temperature and rainfall
 South Africa’s climate
 Climate around the world
HISTORY
Grade 8 – June Exam 2015
Marks: 90
Duration: 1, 5 Hours
Study from:
Text book
110-129
131-137
140-165
All work in exercisebook.
All topics and sub-topics regarding:
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Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
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The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
Grade 8 Life Orientation June Exam Requirements. Total marks 70 Marks
In Section A [25] and B [25] there will be short and long questions.
In Section C you do write 2 mini essays of 10 marks each. There are 3 choices but you
write only two essays.
• Sexuality:
-- definitions of sexuality and how to apply the definitions
-- personal feelings that impact on sexuality
-- You must be aware of the influence and impact of:
Friends, peers, family, community, culture, social pressures and media.
--The wisdom of waiting for marriage to have a sexual relationship
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Appropriate ways to start a relationship
Appropriate ways to end a relationship
Friendship and how to maintain friendship
• Different learning styles: visual, aural, kinesthetic, reading and writing
• Six career categories: investigative, enterprising, realistic, artistic, conventional and
social
-- Interests and abilities related to each career category
-- Thinking and learning skills required by each career category
-- School subjects related to each career category
• Social factors that contribute to substance abuse including community and media
-- Appropriate behaviour to stop and avoid substance abuse: refusal and decision-making skills
-- Long and short term consequences of substance abuse: link to crime, violence and educational
outcomes
-- Rehabilitation options: where to find help, care and support
GRADE 8 MATHEMATICS
JUNE EXAM 2015
ONE PAPER
2 HOURS
100 MARKS
NUMBER SYSTEMS: Natural and whole numbers
Divisibility rules
Factors and multiples
Prime Factors
HCF, LCM and roots
Integers: Order and density, additive inverses
BODMAS operations
Rational numbers: Order and density
Equivalent fractions
Decimal fractions
BODMAS operations
Algebra: Terminology
Like and unlike terms
Substitution
Algebraic Expressions
EXPONENTS
Distribution
Construction: Remember to bring your mathematic sets
Equations
Lines and angles: Naming angles
Straight lines and angles
Parallel lines (FUN)
REMEMBER: Just when you
thought you knew all the
answers we change all the
questions.
SO
STUDY HARD but
PARTICE AND APPLY
NOLIGE EVEN HARDER.
GRADE 8 – LIFE SCIENCES
MRS K BAISLEY
EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS – JUNE 2015
100 MARKS
FORMAT OF PAPER
SECTION A: 30 MARKS
Multiple Choice
Terminology
Match the columns
True or False
SECTION B: 60 MARKS
Short Questions (Including diagrams, graphs, tables)
SECTION C: 10 MARKS
Essay Question
WHAT YOU NEED TO STUDY
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Ecosystems
Interactions in Ecosystems
Interdependencies in Ecosystems – Mutualism, Commensalism,
Parasitism
 Feeding Relationships – Producers, Consumers, Herbivores,
Carnivores, Predators, Scavengers, Insectivores, Omnivores,
Detrivores, Decomposers
 Food chains, Food webs, Energy pyramids
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STUDY HARD AND YOU WILL SEE GOOD RESULTS!!
LIFE SCIENCE IS NOT DIFFICULT; IT JUST REQUIRES TIME
AND EFFORT!!
GRADE 8
NATURAL SCIENCE - JUNE EXAM GUIDELINES
SCIENCE EXAMINATION
Time: 1½ hours
Total: (100 – 120)
Apparatus required:
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Blue or black pen
Sharp pencil
calculator
What to study for Science.
Chemistry -
All notes in science notebook.
Work through all activities (questions) in workbook.
1. Classification of matter
2. Pure and impure substances with diagrams
3. Elements
 Symbols of elements
 Periodic table
 Properties of metals and non- metals
 Semi-metals
 Atomic Diagrams (structure of the atom)
4. Compounds
 Definition
 Properties of compounds
 Formation of the compound iron sulphide
 Thermal Decomposition
 Electrolysis of copper(II)chloride and water
5. Mixtures
 Properties of mixtures
 methods of separations
6. Phases of matter.
 solids, liquids and gases
 phase changes
7. Density
 Definition
 Formulae for calculations
 Floating and sinking of objects
Sepedi Lelemetlaleletso la pele
Kreiti 8
Lephephe la 1
Meputso : 50
Nako: 1,5
Karolo A
Tekatlhaologanyo : (20)
Karolo B
Thutopolelo le tiriso: (30)
Lephepe la 2
Dipuku tsa go bala
Meputso: 50
Re soga thari (padiso)
Nako: 1,5
Lephephe 3
Mepusto: 50
Taodiso
Nako: 1,5
le
lengwalo