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July 2012 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in July 2012, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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July 2012

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st July 2012In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  2. 2nd July 2012Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  3. 3rd July 2012What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  4. 4th July 2012Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  5. 5th July 2012True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  6. 6th July 2012Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  7. 7th July 2012How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  8. 8th July 2012Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  9. 9th July 2012Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  10. 10th July 2012Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  11. 11th July 2012In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  12. 12th July 2012Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  13. 13th July 2012Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  14. 14th July 2012Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  15. 15th July 2012What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  16. 16th July 2012True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  17. 17th July 2012Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  18. 18th July 2012Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  19. 19th July 2012In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  20. 20th July 2012Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  21. 21st July 2012Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  22. 22nd July 2012How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  23. 23rd July 2012Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  24. 24th July 2012Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  25. 25th July 2012Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  26. 26th July 2012Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  27. 27th July 2012How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  28. 28th July 2012Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  29. 29th July 2012Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  30. 30th July 2012Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  31. 31st July 2012Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.

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