Daily Practice · GCSE
September 2012 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in September 2012, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in September 2012
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- 1st September 2012How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
- 2nd September 2012True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 3rd September 2012Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 4th September 2012Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 5th September 2012In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
- 6th September 2012Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
- 7th September 2012Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
- 8th September 2012Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 9th September 2012What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 10th September 2012Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
- 11th September 2012Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
- 12th September 2012Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
- 13th September 2012How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
- 14th September 2012Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
- 15th September 2012Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
- 16th September 2012How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 17th September 2012Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 18th September 2012Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
- 19th September 2012Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
- 20th September 2012Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
- 21st September 2012What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
- 22nd September 2012Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
- 23rd September 2012Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
- 24th September 2012Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 25th September 2012Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 26th September 2012Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 27th September 2012Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 28th September 2012Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 29th September 2012How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 30th September 2012True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.