{"id":1097,"date":"2024-01-09T14:08:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:57:23","slug":"free-dbe-past-papers-and-where-to-find-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/free-dbe-past-papers-and-where-to-find-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Free DBE Past Papers and Where to Find Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1097\" class=\"elementor elementor-1097\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPast papers are the best practice for any exam. The Department of Basic Education shares many of them for free on its website, sorted by grade, subject and year.\n\nStart with the most recent paper and time yourself. Then mark it using the memorandum and note every mistake.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Every paper you finish shows you what to fix before the real exam.\n\n<cite>Liam O&#8217;Connor, Matric Exam Coach<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nCan&#8217;t find a paper? Ask Nomvula Zungu at our front office. We keep printed copies for Grade 10 to 12 and can help you plan which ones to tackle first.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-a-south-african-maths-tutor-beside-a-green-chalkbo-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"A South African maths tutor beside a green chalkboard holding an open workbook, smiling at camera with free space on the\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-a-south-african-maths-tutor-beside-a-green-chalkbo-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-a-south-african-maths-tutor-beside-a-green-chalkbo-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-a-south-african-maths-tutor-beside-a-green-chalkbo-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-a-south-african-maths-tutor-beside-a-green-chalkbo-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-a-south-african-maths-tutor-beside-a-green-chalkbo-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-close-up-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-at-a-south-a-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up overhead-angle desk flat lay at a South African after-school learning centre: stacked exam pads, a Grade 7 math\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-close-up-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-at-a-south-a-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-close-up-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-at-a-south-a-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-close-up-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-at-a-south-a-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-close-up-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-at-a-south-a-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/slimkop-learning-centre-close-up-overhead-angle-desk-flat-lay-at-a-south-a-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to find them<\/h4>\n\n<p>Visit the DBE website and look under Examinations, then Past Papers. Provincial education departments and many school websites also share older papers, so check the KwaZulu-Natal pages too.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to use them well<\/h4>\n\n<p>Do one paper under exam conditions each week. Mark honestly, then redo the questions you missed. Bring your marked paper to our Grade 12 Maths Final Exam Preparation class and we will go through it with you.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Past papers are the best practice for any exam. The Department of Basic Education shares many of them for free on its website, sorted by grade, subject and year. Start with the most recent paper and time yourself. Then mark it using the memorandum and note every mistake. Every paper you finish shows you what&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_advanced_robots":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rank_math_pillar_content":"","rank_math_og_title":"","rank_math_og_description":"","rank_math_og_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_twitter_card_type":"","rank_math_breadcrumb_title":"","rank_math_snippet_name":"","rank_math_snippet_desc":"","rank_math_snippet_type":"","rank_math_schema_Article":"","rank_math_schema_Product":"","rank_math_schema_LocalBusiness":"","rank_math_schema_FAQPage":"","rank_math_schema_HowTo":"","rank_math_gtin_code":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[23,22,21,27,30],"class_list":["post-1097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-centre-news","tag-afrikaans","tag-english","tag-maths","tag-science","tag-term-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20262,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions\/20262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}