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October 2013 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in October 2013, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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October 2013

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 2013Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  2. 2nd October 2013How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  3. 3rd October 2013Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  4. 4th October 2013Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  5. 5th October 2013Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  6. 6th October 2013What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  7. 7th October 2013Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  8. 8th October 2013Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  9. 9th October 2013Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  10. 10th October 2013What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  11. 11th October 2013Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  12. 12th October 2013Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  13. 13th October 2013How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  14. 14th October 2013Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  15. 15th October 2013Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  16. 16th October 2013Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  17. 17th October 2013Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  18. 18th October 2013How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  19. 19th October 2013True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  20. 20th October 2013Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  21. 21st October 2013Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  22. 22nd October 2013Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  23. 23rd October 2013Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  24. 24th October 2013In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  25. 25th October 2013Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  26. 26th October 2013What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  27. 27th October 2013Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  28. 28th October 2013True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  29. 29th October 2013What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  30. 30th October 2013Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  31. 31st October 2013Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.

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