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July 2022 - GCSE 5-a-day

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

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July 2022

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st July 2022True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  2. 2nd July 2022Explain why a thematic essay should not be organised character by character.
  3. 3rd July 2022What changes Elizabeth's view of Darcy, and in what order?
  4. 4th July 2022Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  5. 5th July 2022Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  6. 6th July 2022Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  7. 7th July 2022In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  8. 8th July 2022Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  9. 9th July 2022Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  10. 10th July 2022How does the natural world reflect the disorder Macbeth causes?
  11. 11th July 2022Why does Elizabeth refuse Mr Collins, and what does the refusal show?
  12. 12th July 2022True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  13. 13th July 2022Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  14. 14th July 2022Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  15. 15th July 2022In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  16. 16th July 2022Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  17. 17th July 2022Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  18. 18th July 2022Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  19. 19th July 2022Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  20. 20th July 2022Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  21. 21st July 2022Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'
  22. 22nd July 2022Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang.'
  23. 23rd July 2022How many marks in Section B are for technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar?
  24. 24th July 2022Where does Victor first create and reject the Creature?
  25. 25th July 2022Name Jane's close friend at Lowood school, who dies of consumption/typhus.
  26. 26th July 2022What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  27. 27th July 2022Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  28. 28th July 2022Explain in one sentence why a single-word sentence such as 'Gone.' can be effective.
  29. 29th July 2022Is 'When the bell rang' a main clause or a subordinate clause?
  30. 30th July 2022Identify the sentence type: 'The bell rang, and the students filed out.'
  31. 31st July 2022What should the structure question track across the whole extract?

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