Daily Practice · GCSE
October 1997 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in October 1997, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in October 1997
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- 1st October 1997Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 2nd October 1997Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 3rd October 1997Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 4th October 1997Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 5th October 1997Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 6th October 1997How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 7th October 1997True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 8th October 1997Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 9th October 1997Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 10th October 1997Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 11th October 1997Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 12th October 1997In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 13th October 1997Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 14th October 1997What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 15th October 1997Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 16th October 1997True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 17th October 1997Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
- 18th October 1997How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 19th October 1997Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 20th October 1997Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 21st October 1997Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 22nd October 1997In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 23rd October 1997Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 24th October 1997Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 25th October 1997Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 26th October 1997What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 27th October 1997True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 28th October 1997Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 29th October 1997Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 30th October 1997In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 31st October 1997Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.