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March 2004 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in March 2004, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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March 2004

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st March 2004Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  2. 2nd March 2004What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  3. 3rd March 2004Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  4. 4th March 2004Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  5. 5th March 2004Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  6. 6th March 2004Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  7. 7th March 2004What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  8. 8th March 2004Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  9. 9th March 2004Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  10. 10th March 2004Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
  11. 11th March 2004Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
  12. 12th March 2004Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  13. 13th March 2004Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  14. 14th March 2004Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  15. 15th March 2004How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  16. 16th March 2004True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  17. 17th March 2004Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  18. 18th March 2004Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  19. 19th March 2004Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  20. 20th March 2004Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  21. 21st March 2004In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  22. 22nd March 2004Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  23. 23rd March 2004What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  24. 24th March 2004Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  25. 25th March 2004True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  26. 26th March 2004Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  27. 27th March 2004How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  28. 28th March 2004Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  29. 29th March 2004Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  30. 30th March 2004Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  31. 31st March 2004In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.

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