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February 2020 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in February 2020, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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February 2020

29 sheets · 145 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st February 2020Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  2. 2nd February 2020Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  3. 3rd February 2020Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  4. 4th February 2020Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  5. 5th February 2020Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  6. 6th February 2020Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  7. 7th February 2020Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  8. 8th February 2020How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  9. 9th February 2020True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  10. 10th February 2020Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  11. 11th February 2020What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  12. 12th February 2020Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  13. 13th February 2020Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  14. 14th February 2020In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  15. 15th February 2020Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  16. 16th February 2020What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  17. 17th February 2020Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  18. 18th February 2020True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  19. 19th February 2020Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
  20. 20th February 2020Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
  21. 21st February 2020Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  22. 22nd February 2020Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  23. 23rd February 2020Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  24. 24th February 2020In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  25. 25th February 2020Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  26. 26th February 2020Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  27. 27th February 2020Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  28. 28th February 2020Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  29. 29th February 2020True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.

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