South African Past Exam Papers and Memos
Grade 10, 11 and 12 past papers and marking guidelines for every subject we cover — free, offline, on Android and iOS.
There is no shortage of past papers in South Africa. There is a shortage of past papers you can actually find at 10pm on a phone with 200MB of data left, without hitting three broken links and a pop-up.
TZ Studios builds one free app per subject. Each one carries the official Department of Basic Education past papers and memoranda for Grade 10, 11 and 12 together, sorted by year, term and topic, and every one of them works completely offline once downloaded.
On top of the papers, each app adds the thing a PDF cannot: an AI tutor that works a question out step by step, physics simulations you can change and watch, flashcard decks for the recall-heavy subjects, and timed practice quizzes that mark themselves.
Choose your grade and subject below.
Every grade, every subject
Grade 10
Maths past papers
Grade 10 Mathematics past papers and marking guidelines, sorted by term and topic, in a free offline app.
Grade 10
Physical Sciences past papers
Grade 10 Physical Sciences past papers and marking guidelines for Physics and Chemistry, free and fully offline.
Grade 10
Life Sciences past papers
Grade 10 Life Sciences past papers and marking guidelines, with flashcards for every topic and offline access.
Grade 10
English past papers
Grade 10 English Home Language past papers and marking guidelines for all three papers.
Grade 11
Maths past papers
Grade 11 Mathematics past papers and marking guidelines, organised by term and topic, in a free app that works offline.
Grade 11
Physical Sciences past papers
Grade 11 Physical Sciences past papers and marking guidelines for Physics and Chemistry, with a simulation for every concept.
Grade 11
Life Sciences past papers
Grade 11 Life Sciences past papers and marking guidelines, with flashcard decks for every topic.
Grade 11
English past papers
Grade 11 English Home Language past papers and marking guidelines for all three papers.
Grade 12
Maths past papers
Every Grade 12 Mathematics past paper and memorandum, sorted by year and exam session, inside one free app that works without data.
Grade 12
Physical Sciences past papers
Every Grade 12 Physical Sciences past paper and memo — Paper 1 Physics and Paper 2 Chemistry — with a simulation for every question.
Grade 12
Life Sciences past papers
Every Grade 12 Life Sciences past paper and memorandum, plus flashcard decks built from the same topics.
Grade 12
English past papers
Grade 12 English Home Language past papers and marking guidelines for all three papers, free and offline.
Grade 12
EGD past papers
Grade 12 Engineering Graphics and Design past papers and marking guidelines, broken down by drawing type.
How to actually use a past paper
Downloading papers is not studying. This is the loop that moves a mark.
- 01
Pick a paper you have not seen
Choose a full past paper from a year you have not worked through. Recent papers matter most, but older ones repeat the same question types, so do not skip them.
- 02
Write it under exam conditions
Full time limit, no notes, no phone in reach. A paper you did with the memo open teaches you nothing about what you actually know.
- 03
Mark yourself against the memo
Use the official marking guideline and mark strictly. Method marks matter — mark them the way an examiner would, not the way you wish they would.
- 04
Work through every mistake
For each lost mark, find out why you lost it. Ask the AI tutor in the app to work the question out step by step until you can redo it from a blank page.
- 05
Repeat the question type, not the paper
Find three more questions on the same topic from other years and do those. Papers repeat their patterns — that is the entire reason past papers work.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Every app, every paper, every memorandum and every AI explanation is free. The apps are supported by advertising, not by charging learners.
Grade 10, 11 and 12 for Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and English Home Language, plus Grade 12 Engineering Graphics and Design.
Yes. Download what you need once on wifi and it stays on your phone. The memos, AI explanations, quizzes and simulations all run offline too.
The apps are built around official Department of Basic Education CAPS and NSC papers, with IEB material included where it is indicated.
Write a full paper under exam conditions, mark it strictly against the official memorandum, work through every mark you lost until you can redo the question from blank, then find three more questions on the same topic from other years.
Every paper. Every memo.
Free, and offline.
A learner shouldn't need airtime, a tutor or a working website to pass.