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January 2006 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in January 2006, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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January 2006

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 2006Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  2. 2nd January 2006Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  3. 3rd January 2006What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  4. 4th January 2006Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  5. 5th January 2006Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  6. 6th January 2006Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  7. 7th January 2006Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  8. 8th January 2006What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  9. 9th January 2006Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  10. 10th January 2006Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  11. 11th January 2006Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
  12. 12th January 2006Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
  13. 13th January 2006Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  14. 14th January 2006Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  15. 15th January 2006Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  16. 16th January 2006How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  17. 17th January 2006True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  18. 18th January 2006Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  19. 19th January 2006Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  20. 20th January 2006Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  21. 21st January 2006Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  22. 22nd January 2006In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  23. 23rd January 2006Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  24. 24th January 2006What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  25. 25th January 2006Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  26. 26th January 2006True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  27. 27th January 2006Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  28. 28th January 2006How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  29. 29th January 2006Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  30. 30th January 2006Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  31. 31st January 2006Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.

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