Daily Practice · GCSE
May 1980 5-a-day
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- 1st May 1980Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 2nd May 1980Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 3rd May 1980Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 4th May 1980What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 5th May 1980True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 6th May 1980Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 7th May 1980Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 8th May 1980In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 9th May 1980Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 10th May 1980Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 11th May 1980How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 12th May 1980Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 13th May 1980Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 14th May 1980Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 15th May 1980Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 16th May 1980How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 17th May 1980Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 18th May 1980Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 19th May 1980Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 20th May 1980Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 21st May 1980Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 22nd May 1980Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 23rd May 1980Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 24th May 1980What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 25th May 1980Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 26th May 1980Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 27th May 1980What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 28th May 1980Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 29th May 1980Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 30th May 1980Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 31st May 1980Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.