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July 2008 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in July 2008, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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July 2008

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st July 2008Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  2. 2nd July 2008Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  3. 3rd July 2008Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  4. 4th July 2008Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  5. 5th July 2008Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  6. 6th July 2008Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  7. 7th July 2008Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  8. 8th July 2008What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  9. 9th July 2008Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  10. 10th July 2008Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  11. 11th July 2008Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  12. 12th July 2008How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  13. 13th July 2008Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  14. 14th July 2008Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  15. 15th July 2008Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  16. 16th July 2008How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  17. 17th July 2008True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  18. 18th July 2008Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  19. 19th July 2008Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  20. 20th July 2008What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  21. 21st July 2008Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  22. 22nd July 2008In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  23. 23rd July 2008Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  24. 24th July 2008What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  25. 25th July 2008Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  26. 26th July 2008True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  27. 27th July 2008How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  28. 28th July 2008Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  29. 29th July 2008Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  30. 30th July 2008Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  31. 31st July 2008Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.

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