Grade 11

CAPS Geography Grade 11 Past Papers

Geography Paper 1 is typically climate, geomorphology and settlement or economic geography; Paper 2 is mapwork and GIS. Practise map skills under time pressure and use the memo to check how calculations and interpretations are marked.

Past papers / Grade 11

Papers in each sitting

Geography Grade 11 past papers and memos from the Department of Basic Education. The pack on this page: Grade 11 Common Papers (2015-2018). Use a paper as timed practice for the Geography work your child is doing in Grade 11, then mark it with the memo and note the questions that cost marks.

  • Grade 11 Common Papers (2015-2018)

    Paper 1, Paper 2

How to use these papers

  1. 1

    Write one paper

    Write one paper in the time your school allows.

  2. 2

    Mark with the memo

    Mark it with the memo from the same pack.

  3. 3

    Open the DBE file

    The links below open the DBE file when the catalogue has one, and the session page when it does not.

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Geography Paper 1

Direct PDF links open the DBE file where available. Otherwise the session page lists every subject pack.

Geography Paper 2

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