Daily Practice · GCSE
July 1973 5-a-day
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- 1st July 1973Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 2nd July 1973Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 3rd July 1973What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 4th July 1973Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 5th July 1973True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 6th July 1973Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 7th July 1973Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 8th July 1973In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 9th July 1973Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 10th July 1973Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 11th July 1973Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 12th July 1973Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 13th July 1973Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 14th July 1973Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 15th July 1973Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 16th July 1973How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 17th July 1973Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 18th July 1973Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 19th July 1973Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 20th July 1973Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 21st July 1973Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 22nd July 1973Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 23rd July 1973Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 24th July 1973What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 25th July 1973Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 26th July 1973Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 27th July 1973Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 28th July 1973How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 29th July 1973Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 30th July 1973Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 31st July 1973Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.