Past exam papers
We read more than two hundred real exam papers \u2014 DBE exemplars, ANA tests and schools\u2019 own November papers. This page shows what we found, and the free practice covers exactly that work.
Most papers in the intermediate phase follow the same shape: a section of multiple choice testing basic facts, a middle section asking you to explain or calculate, and a short final section with questions that need deeper thinking.
In the official Grade 6 natural sciences papers the split is usually Section A twenty-five marks, Section B eighteen, Section C seven. More than half the marks sit in the easiest section \u2014 something many children do not realise.
Up to Grade 6 maths is one paper. In Grade 7 it becomes two of fifty marks each: Paper 1 for numbers, patterns and algebra, Paper 2 for geometry and measurement.
Paper 2\u2019s sections are strikingly consistent: constructions six marks, perimeter and area eleven, circles six, transformation geometry six, surface area and volume eight.
A child starting two weeks before the exam cannot revise everything. Knowing what is asked repeatedly helps. Our practice is built on exactly that: we read the papers, looked at where the marks sit, and wrote the questions to cover that work.
We do not host the papers themselves \u2014 here is why, and where they actually are.