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August 2000 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in August 2000, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in August 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2000Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 2nd August 2000Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 3rd August 2000In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 4th August 2000Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 5th August 2000Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 6th August 2000How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 7th August 2000Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 8th August 2000Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 9th August 2000Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 10th August 2000Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 11th August 2000How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 12th August 2000Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 13th August 2000Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 14th August 2000Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 15th August 2000Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 16th August 2000Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 17th August 2000Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 18th August 2000Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 19th August 2000What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 20th August 2000Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 21st August 2000Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 22nd August 2000What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 23rd August 2000Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 24th August 2000Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 25th August 2000Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 26th August 2000Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 27th August 2000How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 28th August 2000True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 29th August 2000Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 30th August 2000Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 31st August 2000Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.