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January 2022 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in January 2022, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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January 2022

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 2022True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  2. 2nd January 2022Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  3. 3rd January 2022Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  4. 4th January 2022In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  5. 5th January 2022Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  6. 6th January 2022Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  7. 7th January 2022Name three themes in Macbeth other than ambition, and give one moment in the play where each is most visible.
  8. 8th January 2022How does Austen use Mr Collins for satire?
  9. 9th January 2022Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  10. 10th January 2022Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  11. 11th January 2022Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  12. 12th January 2022How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  13. 13th January 2022Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  14. 14th January 2022Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  15. 15th January 2022Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  16. 16th January 2022What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  17. 17th January 2022Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  18. 18th January 2022Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  19. 19th January 2022Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  20. 20th January 2022What should the structure question track across the whole extract?
  21. 21st January 2022Who is wrongly executed for the murder of Victor's brother William?
  22. 22nd January 2022Why does Jane leave Thornfield Hall on what should have been her wedding day?
  23. 23rd January 2022How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  24. 24th January 2022Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  25. 25th January 2022Rewrite these two short sentences as one varied complex sentence: 'The rain fell. The streets flooded.'
  26. 26th January 2022Underline (state) the main clause: 'Because it was raining, the match was postponed.'
  27. 27th January 2022Rewrite 'It was raining. We stayed inside.' as one compound sentence.
  28. 28th January 2022How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  29. 29th January 2022True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  30. 30th January 2022Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  31. 31st January 2022Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?

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