Daily Practice · GCSE
September 1979 5-a-day
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Every sheet in September 1979
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- 1st September 1979Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 2nd September 1979Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 3rd September 1979In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 4th September 1979Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 5th September 1979Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 6th September 1979Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 7th September 1979Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 8th September 1979True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 9th September 1979Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 10th September 1979Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 11th September 1979In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 12th September 1979Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 13th September 1979Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 14th September 1979Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 15th September 1979How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 16th September 1979Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 17th September 1979Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 18th September 1979Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 19th September 1979How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 20th September 1979Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 21st September 1979Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 22nd September 1979Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 23rd September 1979What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 24th September 1979Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 25th September 1979Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 26th September 1979Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 27th September 1979What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 28th September 1979Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 29th September 1979Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 30th September 1979How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?