Daily Practice · A Level
July 2006 - A Level 5-a-day
Every A Level sheet published in July 2006, with answers. A Level - discourse, register, framework analysis and language change.
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Every sheet in July 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2006Give two of Halliday's functions of language and an example utterance for each.
- 2nd July 2006Rewrite this weak sentence to earn AO2 credit: 'The writer uses a simile to describe the house, which makes it more interesting.'
- 3rd July 2006Explain in one sentence why comparing structure, not just content, matters when comparing two poems.
- 4th July 2006A child calls all four-legged animals 'doggie'. What is this process called?
- 5th July 2006A poem has four-line stanzas. What is this stanza form called?
- 6th July 2006Define synthetic personalisation and give an example.
- 7th July 2006Convert this into a comparative sentence: 'In poem A the sea is a threat. In poem B the sea is a comfort.'
- 8th July 2006What should you do first when reading an unseen extract in an exam?
- 9th July 2006The word 'dog' once referred to one specific breed but now refers to the whole species. Name this type of semantic change.
- 10th July 2006In the line 'I have kept this light for twenty-six years, and the sea has never once told me my business,' identify the tone.
- 11th July 2006Give one example of a linguistic feature typical of unplanned spoken discourse.
- 12th July 2006What is the effect of a very short, simple sentence placed after a long, complex one?
- 13th July 2006Why should an answer analysing children's writing not simply list spelling errors?
- 14th July 2006The final sentence of an extract is a fragment: 'Rain, again.' Suggest two effects worth arguing for.
- 15th July 2006In 'I sold the lamp for scrap and kept the key,' identify the contrast being set up.
- 16th July 2006Calculate the MLU in morphemes for these three utterances: 'I want juice' (3 morphemes), 'the dog barked' (4 morphemes, counting -ed as one), 'mummy gone now' (3 morphemes).
- 17th July 2006Identify the technique in 'the silence screamed.'
- 18th July 2006Explain how an agentless passive can exercise power.
- 19th July 2006Explain why comparing subject matter alone rarely reaches the higher bands.
- 20th July 2006Give one reason subject terminology should be used carefully in unseen analysis.
- 21st July 2006The word 'nice' once meant 'foolish or fussy' but now means 'pleasant'. Name this type of semantic change.
- 22nd July 2006A tragic hero's downfall is usually explained by two competing forces. Name them.
- 23rd July 2006Identify which is more likely to use nominalisation and passive voice: a casual spoken chat or a formal council report.
- 24th July 2006Identify the technique in this phrase: 'the silence pressed against the windows like a living thing.'
- 25th July 2006Define a virtuous error and explain why it matters theoretically.
- 26th July 2006A student writes: 'The sibilance creates a soft, sinister mood.' What is missing?
- 27th July 2006What does the term 'volta' mean in poetry?
- 28th July 2006Name the theorist associated with the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).
- 29th July 2006What term describes a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation?
- 30th July 2006Give two spoken features that typically mark a less powerful participant.
- 31st July 2006A poem in regular iambic pentameter breaks the metre in one line only. Suggest how to analyse it.