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November 1998 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in November 1998, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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November 1998

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st November 1998Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  2. 2nd November 1998What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  3. 3rd November 1998Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  4. 4th November 1998True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  5. 5th November 1998Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  6. 6th November 1998Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  7. 7th November 1998Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  8. 8th November 1998Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  9. 9th November 1998Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  10. 10th November 1998In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  11. 11th November 1998Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  12. 12th November 1998Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  13. 13th November 1998Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  14. 14th November 1998How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  15. 15th November 1998True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  16. 16th November 1998Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  17. 17th November 1998Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  18. 18th November 1998In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  19. 19th November 1998Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  20. 20th November 1998Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  21. 21st November 1998Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  22. 22nd November 1998What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  23. 23rd November 1998Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  24. 24th November 1998Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  25. 25th November 1998Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  26. 26th November 1998How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  27. 27th November 1998Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  28. 28th November 1998Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  29. 29th November 1998How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  30. 30th November 1998Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?

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