Daily Practice · GCSE
May 1957 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1957
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1957In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 2nd May 1957Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 3rd May 1957Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 4th May 1957Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 5th May 1957What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 6th May 1957True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 7th May 1957Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 8th May 1957Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 9th May 1957In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 10th May 1957Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 11th May 1957Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 12th May 1957How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 13th May 1957Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 14th May 1957Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 15th May 1957Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 16th May 1957Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 17th May 1957How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 18th May 1957Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 19th May 1957Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 20th May 1957Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 21st May 1957Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 22nd May 1957Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 23rd May 1957Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 24th May 1957Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 25th May 1957What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 26th May 1957Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 27th May 1957Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 28th May 1957What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 29th May 1957Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 30th May 1957Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 31st May 1957Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'