Daily Practice · GCSE
March 1979 5-a-day
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Every sheet in March 1979
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- 1st March 1979Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 2nd March 1979Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 3rd March 1979In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 4th March 1979Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 5th March 1979Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 6th March 1979What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 7th March 1979Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 8th March 1979Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 9th March 1979Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 10th March 1979Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 11th March 1979How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 12th March 1979Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 13th March 1979Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 14th March 1979Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 15th March 1979Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 16th March 1979Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 17th March 1979Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 18th March 1979Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 19th March 1979What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 20th March 1979Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 21st March 1979Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 22nd March 1979Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 23rd March 1979Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 24th March 1979Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 25th March 1979Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 26th March 1979Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 27th March 1979How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 28th March 1979True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 29th March 1979Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 30th March 1979Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 31st March 1979How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?