Daily Practice · GCSE
August 1967 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1967
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- 1st August 1967In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 2nd August 1967Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 3rd August 1967Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 4th August 1967Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 5th August 1967How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 6th August 1967True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 7th August 1967Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 8th August 1967Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 9th August 1967In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 10th August 1967Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 11th August 1967Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 12th August 1967Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 13th August 1967What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 14th August 1967Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 15th August 1967Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 16th August 1967Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 17th August 1967How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 18th August 1967Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 19th August 1967Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 20th August 1967How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 21st August 1967Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 22nd August 1967Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 23rd August 1967Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 24th August 1967Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 25th August 1967What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 26th August 1967Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 27th August 1967Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 28th August 1967Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 29th August 1967Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 30th August 1967Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 31st August 1967Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'