Daily Practice · GCSE
February 1990 5-a-day
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Every sheet in February 1990
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- 1st February 1990Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 2nd February 1990Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 3rd February 1990Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 4th February 1990Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 5th February 1990How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 6th February 1990Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 7th February 1990Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 8th February 1990Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 9th February 1990Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 10th February 1990Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 11th February 1990Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 12th February 1990Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 13th February 1990What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 14th February 1990Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 15th February 1990Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 16th February 1990Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 17th February 1990How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 18th February 1990Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 19th February 1990Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 20th February 1990Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 21st February 1990How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 22nd February 1990True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 23rd February 1990Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 24th February 1990Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 25th February 1990What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 26th February 1990Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 27th February 1990In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 28th February 1990Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'