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January 2003 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in January 2003, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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January 2003

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 2003Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  2. 2nd January 2003Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  3. 3rd January 2003Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  4. 4th January 2003How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  5. 5th January 2003Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  6. 6th January 2003Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  7. 7th January 2003Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  8. 8th January 2003How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  9. 9th January 2003True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  10. 10th January 2003Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  11. 11th January 2003Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  12. 12th January 2003What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  13. 13th January 2003Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  14. 14th January 2003In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  15. 15th January 2003Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  16. 16th January 2003What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  17. 17th January 2003Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  18. 18th January 2003True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  19. 19th January 2003How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  20. 20th January 2003Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  21. 21st January 2003Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  22. 22nd January 2003Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  23. 23rd January 2003Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  24. 24th January 2003In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  25. 25th January 2003Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  26. 26th January 2003Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  27. 27th January 2003Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  28. 28th January 2003Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  29. 29th January 2003True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  30. 30th January 2003Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  31. 31st January 2003Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.

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