Daily Practice · GCSE
August 2010 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in August 2010, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in August 2010
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- 1st August 2010Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 2nd August 2010Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 3rd August 2010Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 4th August 2010Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 5th August 2010Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 6th August 2010Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 7th August 2010How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 8th August 2010Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 9th August 2010Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 10th August 2010What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 11th August 2010Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 12th August 2010Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 13th August 2010Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 14th August 2010Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 15th August 2010What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 16th August 2010Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 17th August 2010Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 18th August 2010Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
- 19th August 2010Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
- 20th August 2010Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 21st August 2010Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 22nd August 2010Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 23rd August 2010How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 24th August 2010True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 25th August 2010Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 26th August 2010Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
- 27th August 2010Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
- 28th August 2010Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 29th August 2010In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 30th August 2010Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 31st August 2010What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?