Daily Practice · GCSE
August 1974 5-a-day
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Every sheet in August 1974
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- 1st August 1974Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 2nd August 1974Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 3rd August 1974Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 4th August 1974How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 5th August 1974Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 6th August 1974Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 7th August 1974Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 8th August 1974Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 9th August 1974Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 10th August 1974Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 11th August 1974Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 12th August 1974What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 13th August 1974Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 14th August 1974Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 15th August 1974Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 16th August 1974Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 17th August 1974Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 18th August 1974Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 19th August 1974Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 20th August 1974How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 21st August 1974True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 22nd August 1974Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 23rd August 1974Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 24th August 1974How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 25th August 1974Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 26th August 1974In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 27th August 1974Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 28th August 1974What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 29th August 1974Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 30th August 1974True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 31st August 1974Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.