Daily Practice · GCSE
November 2014 - GCSE 5-a-day
Every GCSE sheet published in November 2014, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.
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Every sheet in November 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2014Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
- 2nd November 2014What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
- 3rd November 2014Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
- 4th November 2014Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
- 5th November 2014Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
- 6th November 2014How many sections does Paper 1 have?
- 7th November 2014True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
- 8th November 2014Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
- 9th November 2014How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
- 10th November 2014Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
- 11th November 2014Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
- 12th November 2014In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
- 13th November 2014Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
- 14th November 2014What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
- 15th November 2014Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
- 16th November 2014True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
- 17th November 2014Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
- 18th November 2014Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
- 19th November 2014Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
- 20th November 2014Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
- 21st November 2014Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
- 22nd November 2014In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
- 23rd November 2014Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
- 24th November 2014Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
- 25th November 2014What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
- 26th November 2014Why is the opening sentence ironic?
- 27th November 2014True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
- 28th November 2014Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
- 29th November 2014Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
- 30th November 2014In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.