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Question 5 (AQA GCSE English Language): Exam Questions

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11 mark

Which of these options describes a grammatically complete sentence?

  • A sentence expresses a complete thought and includes a comma and a full stop.

  • A sentence expresses an incomplete thought and includes a verb and a subject.

  • A sentence expresses a complete thought and includes a verb and a subject.

  • A sentence expresses an incomplete thought and includes a verb and a noun.

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21 mark

What is a clause?

  • A clause is part of a sentence.

  • A clause is an idea that is added to a sentence.

  • A clause is a full sentence.

  • A clause appears only in complex and compound sentences.

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31 mark

What are the two different types of clauses?

  • ordinate clauses and subordinate clauses

  • subordinate clauses and main clauses

  • main clauses and grammatically correct clauses

  • compound clauses and complex clauses

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41 mark

Which of these options is a subordinate clause?

  • Sumayah played football.

  • She met up with her friends.

  • The sun was finally shining.

  • Although she was tired.

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51 mark

What type of sentence consists of two or more clauses joined together by a connective such as “and” or “because”?

  • a simple sentence

  •  a complex sentence

  • a compound sentence

  • a declarative sentence

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61 mark

Which of these options is a complex sentence?

  •  “Freya, who hated lateness more than anything, walked to school quickly.”

  • “Freya was worried she would be late again.”

  •  “Freya walked to school extremely quickly.”

  • “Freya walked to school quickly and worried that she would be late again.”

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71 mark

Why might a writer wish to use a complex sentence in a piece of descriptive writing?

  • Complex sentences can add extra detail about people or places.

  • Complex sentences can replace all short sentences in writing.

  • Complex sentences can be short, powerful and emphatic.

  • Complex sentences can make writing more simplistic.

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81 mark

What is the purpose of an imperative sentence?

  • It is a statement that tells the reader something.

  • It asks somebody a question about something.

  • It expresses surprise, excitement or emphasis.

  • It tells someone to do something.

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91 mark

What type of sentence is most common in descriptive writing?

  • imperative

  • interrogative

  • declarative

  • exclamatory

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101 mark

What are discourse markers?

  • They are words and phrases that highlight your main point.

  • They are words which replace verbs in sentences to simplify writing.

  • They are punctuation marks that break sentences into smaller parts.

  • They are used to connect ideas and create a logical order.

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11 mark

Which of the sentences below is an interrogative sentence?

  • It is the biggest problem that we face today.

  • Would you like to make a stand for the planet?

  • Future generations deserve better!

  • Global warming will not fix itself.

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21 mark

Look at the following sentence:

“Sumayah played football.”

In the above sentence, which word is the verb, and which word is the subject?

  • In the sentence, “played” is the verb, and “football is the subject”.

  • In the sentence, “football” is the verb, and “Sumayah” is the subject.

  • In the sentence, “Sumayah” is the verb, and “football” is the subject.

  • In the sentence, “played” is the verb, and “Sumayah” is the subject.

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31 mark

A persuasive news article includes the line:

“Time is up for pretending that global warming will somehow fix itself!”

Why might the writer have made this sentence exclamatory?

  • The writer wants to create a feeling of excitement.

  • The writer is emphasising the severity of the situation.

  • The writer is expressing their surprise at the situation.

  • The writer is trying to make the sentence clearer.

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41 mark

Under what circumstances might a writer use the connective “on the other hand”?

  • They want to suggest a similarity between two ideas about a topic.

  • They are signposting that they know the subject extremely well.

  • They wish to transition between two different perspectives on a subject.

  • They are drawing attention to their central point at the beginning an argument.

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51 mark

Why might a single-sentence paragraph be especially useful in a piece of creative writing?

  • It can create suspense or leave the reader on a cliffhanger.

  • It allows the writer to include additional details that create atmosphere.

  • It provides a summary of the main ideas in the text.

  • It shows a transition between the perspectives of different characters.

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61 mark

Which of the options below would function as a subordinate clause in this sentence?


“Freya, ________________________ ,walked to school quickly.”

  • she hated lateness more than anything else

  • who was in a rush as usual

  • was terrified of being late

  • always liked to be prompt

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71 mark

“___________________________, Sumayah played football.”

Which of the below options could be placed as a subordinate clause at the front of the sentence?

  • Who was the team’s top scorer

  • Although she was tired from a long day at school

  • It was a cold winter’s morning

  • She met up with her friends and

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81 mark

“The climate crisis is the biggest problem the world faces today. _____________, we must make a stand to protect our planet.”

Which of the following options would be an appropriate discourse marker to show that the ideas in the sentence above are connected?

  • on the other hand

  • conversely

  • consequently

  • alternatively

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91 mark

Choose an appropriate connective to replace the first full stop and link these two simple sentences:

“She walked to school quickly.” 

“She was worried that she would be late again.”

  • therefore

  • resultantly

  • consequently

  • because

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101 mark

Read the following sentence:

“Sumayah played football”


Which of these types of punctuation would not be a grammatically correct way end this sentence?

  •  full stop

  • a question mark

  • a semicolon

  • an exclamation mark

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