Daily Practice · GCSE
August 1986 5-a-day
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- 1st August 1986Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 2nd August 1986Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 3rd August 1986Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 4th August 1986Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 5th August 1986How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 6th August 1986True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 7th August 1986Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 8th August 1986Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 9th August 1986How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 10th August 1986Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 11th August 1986In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 12th August 1986Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 13th August 1986What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 14th August 1986Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 15th August 1986True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 16th August 1986Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 17th August 1986What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 18th August 1986Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 19th August 1986Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 20th August 1986Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 21st August 1986In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 22nd August 1986Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 23rd August 1986Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 24th August 1986How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 25th August 1986Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 26th August 1986True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 27th August 1986Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 28th August 1986Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 29th August 1986In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 30th August 1986Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 31st August 1986Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.