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January 2009 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in January 2009, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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January 2009

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 2009Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  2. 2nd January 2009Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  3. 3rd January 2009Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  4. 4th January 2009What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  5. 5th January 2009Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  6. 6th January 2009Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  7. 7th January 2009Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  8. 8th January 2009How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  9. 9th January 2009Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  10. 10th January 2009Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  11. 11th January 2009How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  12. 12th January 2009Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  13. 13th January 2009Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  14. 14th January 2009Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  15. 15th January 2009Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  16. 16th January 2009What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  17. 17th January 2009Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  18. 18th January 2009Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  19. 19th January 2009Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  20. 20th January 2009Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  21. 21st January 2009Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  22. 22nd January 2009Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  23. 23rd January 2009Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  24. 24th January 2009How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  25. 25th January 2009True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  26. 26th January 2009Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  27. 27th January 2009What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  28. 28th January 2009Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  29. 29th January 2009Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  30. 30th January 2009In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  31. 31st January 2009Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'

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