Daily Practice · GCSE
May 1997 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in May 1997, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in May 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1997Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 2nd May 1997Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 3rd May 1997How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 4th May 1997Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 5th May 1997Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 6th May 1997Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 7th May 1997What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 8th May 1997Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 9th May 1997Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 10th May 1997Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 11th May 1997What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 12th May 1997Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 13th May 1997Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 14th May 1997Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 15th May 1997How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 16th May 1997True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 17th May 1997Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 18th May 1997How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 19th May 1997Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 20th May 1997Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 21st May 1997In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 22nd May 1997Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 23rd May 1997What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 24th May 1997Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 25th May 1997True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 26th May 1997Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 27th May 1997Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 28th May 1997Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 29th May 1997Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 30th May 1997Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 31st May 1997In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.