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December 2023 - GCSE 5-a-day

Every GCSE sheet published in December 2023, with answers. GCSE - language techniques, structure, comparison and exam-style writing.

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December 2023

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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Every sheet in December 2023

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  1. 1st December 2023How many sections does Paper 1 have?
  2. 2nd December 2023True or false: Victor completes the female companion the Creature demands.
  3. 3rd December 2023Who mistreats Jane at Gateshead Hall before she is sent away to school?
  4. 4th December 2023Why is the sleepwalking scene written in prose when Lady Macbeth speaks in verse elsewhere?
  5. 5th December 2023Explain what the entail is and why it drives the plot.
  6. 6th December 2023Identify the sentence opening technique used here: 'Slowly, the door creaked open.'
  7. 7th December 2023In 'The man who lives next door, although he is quiet, works nights,' how many subordinate clauses are there?
  8. 8th December 2023Identify the sentence type: 'Although the bell rang, nobody moved.'
  9. 9th December 2023What does the four-mark question at the start of Section A test?
  10. 10th December 2023Who is the recipient of the letters that frame the novel?
  11. 11th December 2023True or false: Jane marries St John Rivers.
  12. 12th December 2023What is the effect of ending the play with Macbeth's severed head displayed on a pole?
  13. 13th December 2023Why is the opening sentence ironic?
  14. 14th December 2023Write a two-sentence pair, one long and one short, describing a sudden silence after a loud crash.
  15. 15th December 2023Combine into one complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction: 'The team trained hard. They wanted to win the final.'
  16. 16th December 2023Explain why a writer might follow three long sentences with one very short sentence.
  17. 17th December 2023In 'the lift doors had jammed half-open,' identify one language technique.
  18. 18th December 2023Identify the technique in Victor's description of the Alps: 'the immense mountains and precipices...the palaces of nature.'
  19. 19th December 2023Identify the technique in the description of Bertha Mason as a figure locked in the attic at Thornfield.
  20. 20th December 2023Give one way to bring in context on witchcraft without simply reciting a fact.
  21. 21st December 2023Give one way the novel presents the limits placed on women.
  22. 22nd December 2023True or false: using only long, complex sentences throughout a piece creates strong sentence variety.
  23. 23rd December 2023Identify the subordinating conjunction in: 'She left early because she felt unwell.'
  24. 24th December 2023Rewrite 'The dog barked loudly.' starting with an -ing clause instead of the subject.
  25. 25th December 2023In Section B, name one way to vary your writing for effect.
  26. 26th December 2023Give one piece of evidence that Victor abandons responsibility for his creation.
  27. 27th December 2023Give one piece of evidence that Jane and Rochester marry as equals rather than as master and servant.
  28. 28th December 2023Explain what equivocation means in the play and why it matters to the theme of appearance and reality.
  29. 29th December 2023Define free indirect discourse and give one moment where Austen's use of it misleads the reader.
  30. 30th December 2023Which is more likely to create impact at the end of a tense paragraph: a long complex sentence or a short simple sentence?
  31. 31st December 2023Identify the relative pronoun in: 'The book, which was on the table, belonged to my sister.'

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