Daily Practice · GCSE
November 1988 5-a-day
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Every sheet in November 1988
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- 1st November 1988What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 2nd November 1988Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 3rd November 1988Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 4th November 1988In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 5th November 1988Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 6th November 1988What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 7th November 1988Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 8th November 1988True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 9th November 1988Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 10th November 1988Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 11th November 1988Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 12th November 1988Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 13th November 1988Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 14th November 1988In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 15th November 1988Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 16th November 1988Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 17th November 1988Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 18th November 1988Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 19th November 1988True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 20th November 1988Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 21st November 1988Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 22nd November 1988In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 23rd November 1988Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 24th November 1988Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 25th November 1988Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 26th November 1988How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 27th November 1988Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 28th November 1988Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 29th November 1988Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 30th November 1988How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?