Daily Practice · GCSE
June 1979 5-a-day
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- 1st June 1979Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 2nd June 1979Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 3rd June 1979What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 4th June 1979True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 5th June 1979Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 6th June 1979Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 7th June 1979In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 8th June 1979Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 9th June 1979Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 10th June 1979How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 11th June 1979Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 12th June 1979Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 13th June 1979Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 14th June 1979Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 15th June 1979How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 16th June 1979Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 17th June 1979Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 18th June 1979Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 19th June 1979Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 20th June 1979Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 21st June 1979Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 22nd June 1979Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 23rd June 1979What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 24th June 1979Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 25th June 1979Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 26th June 1979What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 27th June 1979Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 28th June 1979Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 29th June 1979Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 30th June 1979Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.