Daily Practice · GCSE
March 1986 5-a-day
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Every sheet in March 1986
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- 1st March 1986Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 2nd March 1986What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 3rd March 1986Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 4th March 1986Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 5th March 1986Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 6th March 1986What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 7th March 1986Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 8th March 1986Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 9th March 1986How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 10th March 1986Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 11th March 1986Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 12th March 1986Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 13th March 1986Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 14th March 1986How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 15th March 1986True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 16th March 1986Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 17th March 1986Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 18th March 1986Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 19th March 1986Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 20th March 1986In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 21st March 1986Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 22nd March 1986What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 23rd March 1986Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 24th March 1986True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 25th March 1986What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 26th March 1986Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 27th March 1986Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 28th March 1986Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 29th March 1986Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 30th March 1986In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 31st March 1986Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'