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August 2007 - GCSE 5-a-day

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

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August 2007

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st August 2007Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  2. 2nd August 2007Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  3. 3rd August 2007Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  4. 4th August 2007Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  5. 5th August 2007Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  6. 6th August 2007Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  7. 7th August 2007What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  8. 8th August 2007Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  9. 9th August 2007Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  10. 10th August 2007Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  11. 11th August 2007How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  12. 12th August 2007Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  13. 13th August 2007Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  14. 14th August 2007Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  15. 15th August 2007How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  16. 16th August 2007True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  17. 17th August 2007Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  18. 18th August 2007Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  19. 19th August 2007What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  20. 20th August 2007Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  21. 21st August 2007In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  22. 22nd August 2007Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  23. 23rd August 2007What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  24. 24th August 2007Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  25. 25th August 2007True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  26. 26th August 2007How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  27. 27th August 2007Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  28. 28th August 2007Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  29. 29th August 2007Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  30. 30th August 2007Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  31. 31st August 2007In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.

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