Daily Practice · GCSE
April 1955 5-a-day
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Every sheet in April 1955
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- 1st April 1955Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 2nd April 1955In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 3rd April 1955Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 4th April 1955Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 5th April 1955What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 6th April 1955Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 7th April 1955Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 8th April 1955Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 9th April 1955Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 10th April 1955How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 11th April 1955Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 12th April 1955Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 13th April 1955Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 14th April 1955Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 15th April 1955Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 16th April 1955Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 17th April 1955Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 18th April 1955What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 19th April 1955Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 20th April 1955Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 21st April 1955Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 22nd April 1955Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 23rd April 1955Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 24th April 1955Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 25th April 1955Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 26th April 1955How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 27th April 1955True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 28th April 1955Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 29th April 1955Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 30th April 1955How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?