Free GCSE English Question and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Each of us are going swimming.

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I am going swimming with friends.

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We are going swimming.

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Each of us is going swimming.

Question 2

Which one of the following is untrue?

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A pair of trousers is drying on the radiator.

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The trousers are in the wash.

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A pair of trousers are drying on the radiator.

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Some trousers are drying on the radiator.

Question 3

Which of the following statements is untrue?

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Every day, the postman, the milkman and the baker arrives at the same time.

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The postman and the milkman always arrive much later than the baker arrives.

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The postman arrives five minutes earlier than the milkman every day.

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The postman and the milkman arrive at the same time every day.

Question 4

Which of the following statements is untrue?

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My friend and I am looking forward to the match.

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My friend is looking forward to the match, but I am dreading it.

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My friend and I are looking forward to the match.

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I am looking forward to the match.

Question 5

Which of the sentences that follow is untrue?

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Clearing the garden and painting the house are my jobs for next week.

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My jobs for next week are clearing the garden and painting the house.

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My tasks next week are to clear the garden and paint the house.

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One of my jobs for next week is clearing the garden and painting the house.

Question 6

Match the description to the exact literary technique. figurative or rhetorical language; non-literal language.

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Figurative language

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Informal language

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Creative language

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Formal language

Question 7

Identify the definition's appropriate literary device. the sound "s" or "sh" being repeated.

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Sibilance

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Simile

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Scansion

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Alliteration

Question 8

Identify the definition's appropriate literary device. a narrative where everything serves as a symbol for something else.

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Allegory

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Narrative

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Motif

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Fiction

Question 9

Identify the definition's appropriate literary device. The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together.

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Assonance

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Onomatopoeia

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Sonnet

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Rhyme

Question 10

Which of the following sentences uses an adjective instead of an adverb?

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She cleared up and went out the door quick

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He had a reputation for firing slow workers

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Her manager told her to clear up quickly

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Her manager told her to be quick because he wanted to go home