Daily Practice · GCSE
February 2010 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in February 2010, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in February 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2010Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 2nd February 2010Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 3rd February 2010Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 4th February 2010What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 5th February 2010Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 6th February 2010Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 7th February 2010How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 8th February 2010Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 9th February 2010Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 10th February 2010Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 11th February 2010Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 12th February 2010How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 13th February 2010True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 14th February 2010Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 15th February 2010Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 16th February 2010Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 17th February 2010Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 18th February 2010In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 19th February 2010Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 20th February 2010What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 21st February 2010Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 22nd February 2010True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 23rd February 2010What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 24th February 2010Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 25th February 2010Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 26th February 2010Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 27th February 2010Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 28th February 2010In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.