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Duplicate of AQA GCSE English Paper 1
Duplicate of AQA GCSE English Paper 1
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An #English Language Quiz about exam skills
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In Question 5 you will get a choice of questions
False
True
2
What aspect of reading does Question 3 examine?
Language and feelings
Fill in the blanks
Information retrieval
Structure
3
Which of these is a good example of an embedded quotation?
'The box of tricks'. This shows ...
The writer uses nouns in the quotation, 'The box of tricks'.
This is shown in 'the box of tricks'.
The writer uses nouns to describe the 'box of tricks'.
4
What percentage of the marks are for SPAG in Q5?
50%
40%
33%
25%
5
Another way of saying 'this suggests' is
this reveals
this exemplifies
this illustrates
this implies
6
Which of these skills is NOT marked in Q5?
Content
Organisation
SPAG
Reading
7
Which of these words is most useful for describing structure?
Adjective
Juxtaposition
Noun
Stagecraft
8
How long should you spend on actually writing?
50 minutes
30 minutes
20 minutes
45 minutes
9
In Q5, which of these devices would be MOST useful?
Rhetorical question
Personification
Experts and statistics
Pre-empt the opposition
10
In Question 5 you need to write an argument
True
False
11
What kind of text will you read in Paper One?
Extract from a novel or story
Newspaper
Information leaflet
Literary non-fiction
12
Which of these will get you the most marks:
Sticking to safe vocab and getting all spellings perfect.
Using sophisticated vocab, but getting some spellings wrong.
13
A good word to use to show your quotation has symbolic meaning would be ...?
signifies
denotes
illustrates
conveys
14
Which of these words is LEAST useful for writing about structure?
Contrast
Viewpoint
Phrase
Chronological
15
In Paper 1 you should aim to make AT LEAST 3 good points in Q2, 3 and 4 (preferably more)
False
True
16
How long should you spend on planning your response to Q5?
10 minutes tops; even if it's only a bullet list.
None; I'm just going to go for it.
5 minutes; I got this!
20 minutes; just to be on the safe side.
17
Which 'S' is not a descriptive device?
Sentence
Senses (appeal to the)
Simile
Sibilance
18
What method of planning might you find useful for Q5?
AFORESTPIE
Thoughts/Contrasts/Motif/Drop/Shift/Zoom in/Zoom out/Leave
PEE
MESSI
19
Question 2 asks you to write about ...?
Language and sentences
Punctuation and paragraphs
Structure and viewpoint
Language and structure
20
How long should you spend on each question?
About one and a half minutes a mark
As long as you need
Until the invigilator tells me to do the next question
Approximately a minute a mark
21
How long is Paper 1
2 hours
105 mins
90 minutes
One hour and 45 mins
22
Which is the effective, crafted simile?
It was as hot as hell.
It was as hot as a radiator.
It was as hot as a builder's armpit.
It was hot like hell's raging furnace.
23
Which of these sentences is the most varied in structure?
Shooting Weaver, the boys talked.
The boys talked about girls.
The boys talked whilst playing PS4.
The boys talked quietly.
24
Question 1 tests the skills of ...?
Reading between the lines
SQI
Information retrieval
Summarising
25
How long should you spend on proof reading?
Ain't nobody got time fo' dat!
10 minutes
15 minutes
5 minutes
26
Question 5 often asks you to imagine you are entering a ...?
Prize draw
Swimming gala
Creative writing competition
Pit of snakes
27
Which sentence has the correct punctuation?
The boys talked, it was about girls.
The boys talked (it was about girls).
The boys talked - it was about girls.
The boys talked; it was about girls.
28
What are the choices for Q5?
Story based on a phrase
Description based on a phrase
Story based on an image
Description based on an image
29
The best technique for answering question 2 is ...?
Extended PEE
PEE
PETER or PETE
MESSI
30
Which of these should you NOT write about in Q3?
Character's viewpoints
Sentence structure
How time runs
How setting is established
31
In Question 4 you are asked to ...?
Analyse words and phrases
Use extended PEE, PETER or PETE to prove your point
Use MESSI
All of these techniques ... and more!
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'Silently the skaters skimmed the icy wastes' is effective because ...
it sounds like the gentle sliding of skates on ice
it makes the reader want to read on
It creates a quiet and chilly atmosphere
it sounds like snakes
