Daily Practice · GCSE
April 1997 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in April 1997, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in April 1997
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- 1st April 1997Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 2nd April 1997Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 3rd April 1997In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 4th April 1997Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 5th April 1997What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 6th April 1997Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 7th April 1997True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 8th April 1997What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 9th April 1997Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 10th April 1997Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 11th April 1997Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 12th April 1997Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 13th April 1997In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 14th April 1997Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 15th April 1997Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 16th April 1997Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 17th April 1997Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 18th April 1997True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 19th April 1997Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 20th April 1997Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 21st April 1997In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 22nd April 1997Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 23rd April 1997Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 24th April 1997Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 25th April 1997Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 26th April 1997Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 27th April 1997Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 28th April 1997Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 29th April 1997How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 30th April 1997Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?