Daily Practice · GCSE
May 1981 5-a-day
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Every sheet in May 1981
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- 1st May 1981Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 2nd May 1981Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 3rd May 1981How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 4th May 1981True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 5th May 1981Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 6th May 1981Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 7th May 1981Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 8th May 1981Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 9th May 1981In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 10th May 1981Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 11th May 1981What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 12th May 1981Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 13th May 1981True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 14th May 1981Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 15th May 1981Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 16th May 1981Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 17th May 1981Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 18th May 1981Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 19th May 1981In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 20th May 1981Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 21st May 1981Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 22nd May 1981Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 23rd May 1981How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 24th May 1981True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 25th May 1981Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 26th May 1981Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 27th May 1981In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 28th May 1981Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 29th May 1981Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 30th May 1981Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 31st May 1981What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?