BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
Botswana Senior Secondary Education
CANDIDATE
NAME
CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUMBER
SETSWANA 1235/01
Paper 1 Reading and Writing For Examination from 2025
SPECIMEN PAPER
2 hours 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper
Additional Materials: No additional materials required
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all the questions from Section 1 and Section 2.
• Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 from Section 3.
• Write your candidate name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided at the top of
this page and on all the work that you hand in.
• Write in dark blue or black pen.
• Do not write in any barcodes.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 60.
• The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question.
This document consists of 10 printed pages and 2 blank pages.
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Karolo ya ntlha
Bala temana (‘Bokopano jwa setlha sa bofelo’) mme o e dirise go araba potso 1 (a) go
ema ka (k) le potso 2 (a) go ema ka (c) mo pampiring e ya dipotso.
Potso 1
(a) Ke eng mokwadi a ne a ya kwa motseng o sekolo se neng se le kwa go one?
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(b) Ke dintlha dife tse pedi tse di supang gore mosepele wa go ya kwa motseng o ne o le
bokete?
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(c) Ke eng mokwadi a tsogile maphakela thata?
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(d) Ke mang yo o romeletseng mokwadi karata e a e amogetseng ka nako ya sefitlholo?
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(e) Ke eng se se ka supang gore batsadi ba ne ba akanya gore moletlo o ne o le botlhokwa?
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(f) Tlhalosa ka fa bana ba neng ba itshwara ka teng pele ga bokopano. Ntsha mabaka a
mabedi.
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(g) Mokwadi o ne a ntse fa kae ka nako ya bokopano?
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(h) Maikutlo a mokwadi a ne a fetoga jang fa go ntse go opelwa pina ya setšhaba. Ntsha
dintlha tse pedi.
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(i) Ke eng se se neng sa gakgamatsa mokwadi ka metshameko ya mo sekoleng?
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(j) Ke eng mokwadi a ne a tsiboga ka matlhagatlhaga fa mosimane a umaka Ghanzi? Ntsha
dintlha tse pedi.
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(k) Ke eng se se supang gore batsadi ba ne ba rotloetsa bana ba batsadi ba bangwe ka go
lekalekana?
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[Matshwao otlhe: 15]
Potso 2
(a) Mokwadi o bua eng a sa se tlhamalatse mo dieleng tse pedi tse di fa tlase?
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(i) “ba nteba go tloga kwa tlase go ya kwa godimo” (Temana 3)
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(ii) “Ka bofefo, ka utlwa ke imelwa ke bokete jwa matlho a ka nna makgolo a matlhano”
(Temana 9)
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(b) Seele se se reng: “O ne a hupetsa maiteko a batho botlhe ba ba opelang” (Temana 5), se
kaya eng ka moopedisi wa seletswa?
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(c) Mokwadi o supa jang gore mogokgo e ne “e le rre wa mosiami yo o tletseng matlhajana”
(Temana 10). Ntsha mabaka a le mabedi.
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[Matshwao otlhe: 5]
Karolo ya bobedi
Dirisa setlhogo se se latelang go kwala polelo ya ngangisano. Palo ya mafoko a karabo ya
gago e nne fa gare ga 300 le 400.
Potso 3: polelo ya ngangisano
“Tiriso ya maranyane a segompieno e tokafaditse botshelo.” Dumela kgotsa ganetsa
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mogopolo o. [20]
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Karolo ya boraro
Dirisa potso 4 kgotsa potso 5 go kwala polelo ya selekanyo sa mafoko a a fa gare ga 300 le
400.
Potso 4: polelo ya tlhaloso
O mo lebaleng la metshameko, o lebeletse motshameko o o botlhokwa wa kgwele ya
dinao wa setlhopha sa setšhaba. Tlhalosa se o se bonang, se o se utlwang le gore o
ikutlwa jang. [20]
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Kgotsa
Potso 5: polelo ya kanelo
“Ke ne ka tsena mo ntlong ya me, ka baya beke ya me fa fatshe mme ka re, ‘Ke itumelela
gore letsatsi le, le fetile!’” Kwala polelo ka se se go diragaletseng ka letsatsi leo. [20]
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