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March 2003 - GCSE 5-a-day

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

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March 2003

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st March 2003How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  2. 2nd March 2003Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  3. 3rd March 2003In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  4. 4th March 2003Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  5. 5th March 2003What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  6. 6th March 2003Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  7. 7th March 2003True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  8. 8th March 2003Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  9. 9th March 2003What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  10. 10th March 2003Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  11. 11th March 2003Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  12. 12th March 2003Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  13. 13th March 2003In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  14. 14th March 2003Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  15. 15th March 2003Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  16. 16th March 2003How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  17. 17th March 2003Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  18. 18th March 2003True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  19. 19th March 2003Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  20. 20th March 2003Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  21. 21st March 2003In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  22. 22nd March 2003Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  23. 23rd March 2003Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  24. 24th March 2003Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  25. 25th March 2003Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  26. 26th March 2003Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  27. 27th March 2003Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  28. 28th March 2003Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  29. 29th March 2003How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  30. 30th March 2003Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  31. 31st March 2003Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.

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