Daily Practice · GCSE
February 1978 5-a-day
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Every sheet in February 1978
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- 1st February 1978Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 2nd February 1978Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 3rd February 1978Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 4th February 1978In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 5th February 1978Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 6th February 1978Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 7th February 1978What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 8th February 1978Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 9th February 1978True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 10th February 1978Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 11th February 1978Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 12th February 1978In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 13th February 1978Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 14th February 1978Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 15th February 1978Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 16th February 1978Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 17th February 1978Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 18th February 1978Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 19th February 1978Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 20th February 1978How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 21st February 1978Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 22nd February 1978Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 23rd February 1978Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 24th February 1978Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 25th February 1978Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 26th February 1978Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 27th February 1978Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 28th February 1978What should the structure question track across the whole extract?