The pencilled menu
The café’s new menu had been printed on thick cream card. Beneath the soup, someone had pencilled “no onions, please”. Beside the sandwiches was a request for softer bread. By Friday, the margins held suggestions in three languages and a drawing of a cup with two handles. The owner placed a jar of pencils beside the till. On Monday the soup had changed, and one table had been lowered. The menu still had the old prices. At the bottom, the owner had written, “Which changes helped?”
What can you infer about the relationship between the café owner and the customers? Support your answer with evidence.
40 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE English Language 3.1 Critical reading and comprehension, covering 3.1.1 Identify and interpret themes, ideas and information, 3.1.2 Read in different ways for different purposes, 3.1.3 Draw inferences and justify with evidence, 3.1.4 Support a point of view using textual evidence, 3.1.5 Identify bias and misuse of evidence, 3.1.6 Reflect critically and evaluatively using context, 3.1.7 Recognise different responses to a text, 3.1.8 Identify the main theme or themes, 3.1.9 Summarise ideas and information from a single text, 3.1.10 Synthesise from more than one text, 3.1.11 Explain how vocabulary and grammar create impact, 3.1.12 Analyse and evaluate form and structure, and 3.1.13 Compare texts critically. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.