Daily Practice · GCSE
March 1997 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in March 1997, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in March 1997
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- 1st March 1997True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 2nd March 1997Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 3rd March 1997Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 4th March 1997In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 5th March 1997Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 6th March 1997Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 7th March 1997Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 8th March 1997How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 9th March 1997Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 10th March 1997Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 11th March 1997Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 12th March 1997How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 13th March 1997Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 14th March 1997Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 15th March 1997Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 16th March 1997What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 17th March 1997Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 18th March 1997Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 19th March 1997Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 20th March 1997What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 21st March 1997Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 22nd March 1997Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 23rd March 1997How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 24th March 1997Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 25th March 1997Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 26th March 1997Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 27th March 1997Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 28th March 1997How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 29th March 1997True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 30th March 1997Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 31st March 1997Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?