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Only 55% Of Adults Can Pass This Really Hard GCSE English Quiz

Poetic lines that aren't end-stopped continue onto the next line creating a sense of fluidity but also suspense at what comes next. The word originates from the French "la jambe" meaning leg.

When a line in a poem runs into the next!

A preposition is used relate one thing in a sentence to another thing, usually in terms of _where_ it is or _when_ it happened.

"By" is a preposition!

Identify the preposition in this sentence:  
"a cottage by the sea."  


Though he is one of Britain's most famous war poets, most of Owen's work was posthumously published after he was killed in action in France a week before Armistice Day.

It was Wilfred Owen!

In figurative language terms, similes use "as" or "like" to compare things, whereas metaphors directly equate two ideas in a way that isn’t literally true.

"Love is a dog from hell" is the metaphor!

One of these is a simile and one is a metaphor – click on the metaphor:

Beckett wrote highly experimental texts in the mid to late twentieth century, during which time modernism reigned.

It's modernism!

To which literary movement did Samuel Beckett belong?

"Yours" is already a possessive pronoun and does not require an apostrophe.

"Yours" is the right option!

Complete this sentence:  
"is this pen \_\_\_ or mine?"  


Often associated with the structuralist movement, the French philosopher and literary critic wrote about many subjects including sexuality, medicine, and epistemology.

It's Michel Foucault!

"Half-Caste" has been part of the AQA GCSE anthology since 2002, and also features in Edexcel's GCSE anthology, meaning a lot of British students will have encountered the poet's work.

"How yu see me when I meet yu" is not in the poem!

Which line does not appear in "Half-Caste" by John Agard?

A limerick uses the strict rhyming scheme AABBA like so:   
I like to do quizzes on Buzzfeed/ 
My favourite muffins are poppy seed/ 
I have one with tea/ 
Turn on my PC/ 
And cry YAS when I find the quiz I need!

It's AABBA!

It was actually the debut novel of Mary Ann Evans, better known by her pen name George Eliot.

"The Mill on the Floss" was not written by Charlotte, Anne, Emily, or Branwell!

Which of these books was not written by a Brontë?

Shakespeare wrote Macbeth sometime between 1606 and 1607, hoping to capture the attention of the new King James who was obsessed with witches!

It was written in the 17th century!

Metre refers to the basic rhythmic structure of a poem and its constituent lines. A foot is just one unit of the metre, and is composed of syllables of speech that are either stressed or unstressed.

It's measured in feet!

I'm not gonna lie, you wouldn't pass your English GSCE now based on this performance... BUT, I think with a little revision you'd get up to A\* star level in no time!

Not bad! You got most of these correct, but I think some of this material might've faded from your memory. Perhaps it's time to revisit your love of English?

Congratulations! Someone was really paying attention in English classes. You could definitely sit your GSCEs again today and pass with flying colours!

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Only 55% Of Adults Can Pass This Really Hard GCSE English Quiz

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