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August 2017 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in August 2017, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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August 2017

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  1. 1st August 2017Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  2. 2nd August 2017What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  3. 3rd August 2017Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  4. 4th August 2017Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  5. 5th August 2017Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  6. 6th August 2017What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  7. 7th August 2017Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  8. 8th August 2017Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  9. 9th August 2017Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  10. 10th August 2017How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  11. 11th August 2017True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  12. 12th August 2017Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  13. 13th August 2017How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  14. 14th August 2017Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  15. 15th August 2017Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  16. 16th August 2017In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  17. 17th August 2017Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  18. 18th August 2017What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  19. 19th August 2017Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  20. 20th August 2017True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  21. 21st August 2017Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  22. 22nd August 2017Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  23. 23rd August 2017Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  24. 24th August 2017Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  25. 25th August 2017Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  26. 26th August 2017In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  27. 27th August 2017Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  28. 28th August 2017Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  29. 29th August 2017What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  30. 30th August 2017Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  31. 31st August 2017True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.

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