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September 2021 - GCSE 5-a-day

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

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September 2021

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st September 2021Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
  2. 2nd September 2021Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
  3. 3rd September 2021Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  4. 4th September 2021Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  5. 5th September 2021Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  6. 6th September 2021How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  7. 7th September 2021True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  8. 8th September 2021Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  9. 9th September 2021Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  10. 10th September 2021Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  11. 11th September 2021Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  12. 12th September 2021In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  13. 13th September 2021Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  14. 14th September 2021What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  15. 15th September 2021Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  16. 16th September 2021True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  17. 17th September 2021Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  18. 18th September 2021How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  19. 19th September 2021Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  20. 20th September 2021Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  21. 21st September 2021Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  22. 22nd September 2021In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  23. 23rd September 2021Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  24. 24th September 2021Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  25. 25th September 2021Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  26. 26th September 2021What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  27. 27th September 2021True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  28. 28th September 2021Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  29. 29th September 2021Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  30. 30th September 2021In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.

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