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January 2007 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in January 2007, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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January 2007

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 2007Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  2. 2nd January 2007Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  3. 3rd January 2007In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  4. 4th January 2007Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  5. 5th January 2007Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  6. 6th January 2007Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  7. 7th January 2007What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  8. 8th January 2007True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  9. 9th January 2007Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  10. 10th January 2007Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  11. 11th January 2007In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  12. 12th January 2007Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  13. 13th January 2007Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  14. 14th January 2007How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  15. 15th January 2007Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  16. 16th January 2007Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  17. 17th January 2007Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  18. 18th January 2007Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  19. 19th January 2007How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  20. 20th January 2007Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  21. 21st January 2007Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  22. 22nd January 2007Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  23. 23rd January 2007Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  24. 24th January 2007Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  25. 25th January 2007Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  26. 26th January 2007Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  27. 27th January 2007What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  28. 28th January 2007Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  29. 29th January 2007Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  30. 30th January 2007What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  31. 31st January 2007Why is the opening sentence ironic?

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