Firmly based on the sample assessment materials for GCSE 9-1, these 11 extracts from the first part of ‘Great Expectations’ have both an extract-based question and a general question, as in the exam, in order to provide effective exam practice and revision.

Based on the sample assessment materials for GCSE 9-1, these 11 extracts have both a question a) and b) to ensure useful exam practice and revision on part 1 of ‘Great Expectations’.

Based on the GCSE 9-1 specimen assessment materials, each of these 15 extracts from the play has both an extract-based question and a general question, as in the sample exam papers to provide effective revision and exam practice.

Using the GCSE 9-1 sample questions as a guide, these 10 extracts and questions are designed to help students’ revision and enable them to practise the skills required in this section of the Literature exam.

Using the structure of the GCSE 9-1 sample extract question, here are 10 extract questions for exam practice and revision.

Using the same structure as the AQA GCSE 9-1 sample question, these 15 extracts look at key points in the play, providing useful revision/exam practice.

For OCR GCSE, these 15 extracts each have two questions, one on the extract and one, more general, on themes and characters, as on past and sample questions. These should provide students with lots of exam practice and revision for the Literature exam.

14 extracts from the play, each around 20-25 lines in length, followed by 2 questions, as in the sample and past papers, to provide exam practice and focussed revision for students studying for Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Literature. The sheets cane edited if required.

15 extracts from the play with questions on character and theme in the style of the sample paper, to provide relevant exam practice and focussed revision.

Over 230 quotes and brief notes on the main characters, and some on the novel’s industrial setting, the ‘Hands’, time and the narrator. This will be a useful resource for revision especially as the quotes are grouped chronologically through the novel, helping to reinforce the plot.

15 extracts of between 50-70 lines each, followed by one question on the extract, and a second, general question on themes, characters or setting in the novel, as in past exam papers. These should provide plenty of exam practice and revision for students studying for the Cambriddge IGCSE Literature exam. The sheets can be edited if required.

CIE 15 extracts from all 3 books of Hard Times, each about 50-70 lines, followed by two questions as in the sample exam papers,to provide exam practice and help with revision for students following the Cambridge Literature IGCSE. The sheets can be edited if required

Based on the specimen GCSE (9-1) materials, these 10 extracts from part 2 of the novel (chapters 20-39) have both questions a) and b) in order to provide effective revision and exam practice.

Further to the extracts I made on part 1 of the novel, these 10 are based on part 2, chapters 20-39. They are closely modelled on the specimen assessment materials for GCSE 9-1 to provide relevant exam practice and revision.

Further to the extracts I made on parts 1 and 2 of the novel, these 10 are based on part 3, chapters 40-59. They are also closely modelled on the specimen assessment materials for GCSE 9-1 to provide relevant exam practice and revision.

A very straight-forward fill-the-blanks exercise to practise these frequently confused words. I made this for a KS3 pupil who just couldn’t get this right! It might help another student with the same issue.

I made this for a specific pupil and thought it might help another pupil with a similar confusion. It’s not exciting, just three fill the blank exercises, but it helped to reinforce the difference between the two words.

Another resource I made for a pupil who kept confusing these two words. It’s a very simple, unexciting fill-the -gaps exercise to reinforce the difference between whole & hole. It may help another similarly confused child!

I used lots of the brilliant Barrington Stokes books for upper KS2 & KS3 (& even sometimes KS4) students who were reluctant readers when I was tutoring. The books have a good story, simple vocabulary and manage to engage with even the most disaffected. I often made simple comprehension exercises, which I have decided to share in case they are of use to anyone else…it took a long time to read and prepare questions for all the books I had! This one is rather ‘girly’, but incredibly popular, written, as it is, by Karen McCombie. Some students progressed to her longer books after reading a few of these simplified texts.

These are for new Year 7 classes: Two vocabulary exercises. One matches pairs of words with similar meanings, like ‘class’ & ‘form’; one matches an English school word with its American equivalent, like ‘caretaker’ & ‘janitor’ . These could be pair activities, or a short 'starter’ The third is an old favourite of mine to encourage new pupils to move about and chat. It’s a grid with phrases like, ‘supports a football team’ or ‘enjoys cooking’. Each student has to find a person for whom the phrase applies. This person has to sign the appropriate square. Of course, the phrases can be changed to suit the class or school, this is an old one of mine.