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May 2007 - GCSE 5-a-day

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

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May 2007

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 2007Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  2. 2nd May 2007Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  3. 3rd May 2007What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  4. 4th May 2007Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  5. 5th May 2007Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  6. 6th May 2007How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  7. 7th May 2007Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  8. 8th May 2007Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  9. 9th May 2007Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  10. 10th May 2007Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  11. 11th May 2007How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  12. 12th May 2007True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  13. 13th May 2007Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  14. 14th May 2007Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  15. 15th May 2007Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  16. 16th May 2007Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  17. 17th May 2007In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  18. 18th May 2007Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  19. 19th May 2007What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  20. 20th May 2007Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  21. 21st May 2007True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  22. 22nd May 2007What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  23. 23rd May 2007Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  24. 24th May 2007Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  25. 25th May 2007Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  26. 26th May 2007Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  27. 27th May 2007In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  28. 28th May 2007Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  29. 29th May 2007Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  30. 30th May 2007Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
  31. 31st May 2007Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.

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