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April 2016 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in April 2016, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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April 2016

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 2016How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  2. 2nd April 2016Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  3. 3rd April 2016Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  4. 4th April 2016Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  5. 5th April 2016Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  6. 6th April 2016Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  7. 7th April 2016Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  8. 8th April 2016Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  9. 9th April 2016What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  10. 10th April 2016Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  11. 11th April 2016Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  12. 12th April 2016What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  13. 13th April 2016Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  14. 14th April 2016Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  15. 15th April 2016Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  16. 16th April 2016Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  17. 17th April 2016How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  18. 18th April 2016True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  19. 19th April 2016Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  20. 20th April 2016Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
  21. 21st April 2016Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
  22. 22nd April 2016Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  23. 23rd April 2016In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  24. 24th April 2016Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  25. 25th April 2016What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  26. 26th April 2016Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  27. 27th April 2016True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  28. 28th April 2016Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  29. 29th April 2016Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  30. 30th April 2016Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.

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