Daily Practice · GCSE
February 1975 5-a-day
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- 1st February 1975True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 2nd February 1975Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 3rd February 1975Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 4th February 1975In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 5th February 1975Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 6th February 1975Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 7th February 1975Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 8th February 1975How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 9th February 1975Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 10th February 1975Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 11th February 1975Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 12th February 1975How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 13th February 1975Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 14th February 1975Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 15th February 1975Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 16th February 1975What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 17th February 1975Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 18th February 1975Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 19th February 1975Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 20th February 1975What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 21st February 1975Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 22nd February 1975Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 23rd February 1975How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 24th February 1975Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 25th February 1975Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 26th February 1975Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 27th February 1975Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 28th February 1975How many sections does Paper 1 have?