Daily Practice · GCSE
August 1954 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1954
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- 1st August 1954What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 2nd August 1954True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 3rd August 1954Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 4th August 1954Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 5th August 1954In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 6th August 1954Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 7th August 1954Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 8th August 1954How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 9th August 1954Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 10th August 1954Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 11th August 1954Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 12th August 1954Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 13th August 1954How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 14th August 1954Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 15th August 1954Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 16th August 1954Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 17th August 1954Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 18th August 1954Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 19th August 1954Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 20th August 1954Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 21st August 1954What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 22nd August 1954Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 23rd August 1954Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 24th August 1954What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 25th August 1954Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 26th August 1954Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 27th August 1954Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 28th August 1954Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 29th August 1954How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 30th August 1954True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 31st August 1954Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?