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April 2021 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in April 2021, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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April 2021

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 2021Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  2. 2nd April 2021Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  3. 3rd April 2021How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  4. 4th April 2021Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  5. 5th April 2021Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  6. 6th April 2021Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  7. 7th April 2021What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  8. 8th April 2021Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  9. 9th April 2021Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  10. 10th April 2021Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  11. 11th April 2021What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  12. 12th April 2021Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  13. 13th April 2021Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  14. 14th April 2021Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  15. 15th April 2021How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  16. 16th April 2021True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  17. 17th April 2021Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  18. 18th April 2021How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  19. 19th April 2021Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  20. 20th April 2021Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  21. 21st April 2021In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  22. 22nd April 2021Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  23. 23rd April 2021What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  24. 24th April 2021Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  25. 25th April 2021True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  26. 26th April 2021Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  27. 27th April 2021Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  28. 28th April 2021Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  29. 29th April 2021Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  30. 30th April 2021Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.

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