Daily Practice · GCSE
February 1980 5-a-day
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Every sheet in February 1980
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- 1st February 1980Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 2nd February 1980In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 3rd February 1980Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 4th February 1980Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 5th February 1980What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 6th February 1980Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 7th February 1980Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 8th February 1980Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 9th February 1980Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 10th February 1980How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 11th February 1980Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 12th February 1980Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 13th February 1980Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 14th February 1980Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 15th February 1980Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 16th February 1980Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 17th February 1980Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 18th February 1980What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 19th February 1980Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 20th February 1980Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 21st February 1980Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 22nd February 1980Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 23rd February 1980Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 24th February 1980Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 25th February 1980Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 26th February 1980How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 27th February 1980True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 28th February 1980Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 29th February 1980Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.