A shift at the food stall
Source A: an original contemporary non-fiction-style account.
My first shift at the market's soup stall began with peeling carrots. The owner, Leila, had already chopped the onions and set two large pans on the cooker. We sold three kinds of soup, with bread included in the price. I wrote the day's menu on a board while Leila checked the temperature of each pan. The stall opened at eleven, although the market around us had been busy for an hour.
At first I tried to remember every order without writing it down. After confusing two customers' choices, I started using the order pad. A customer asked whether the lentil soup contained milk, and I checked the ingredient list rather than guessing. The queue was longest just after midday. By two, the carrot soup had sold out, so I crossed it off the board. We closed at three and washed the utensils in the shared market kitchen. Leila asked me to return the following Saturday, this time without wearing my best white shirt.
Refer to the whole of Source A. Choose the four true statements below. Write their four letters in the answer box. Choose no more than four; if more are given, only the first four distinct letters will be marked.
| Letter | Statement |
|---|---|
| A | Leila had already prepared the onions. |
| B | Bread cost extra with each soup. |
| C | The stall opened at eleven. |
| D | The narrator used an order pad from the start. |
| E | The narrator guessed the ingredients of the lentil soup. |
| F | Carrot soup had sold out by two. |
| G | Utensils were washed in a shared kitchen. |
| H | The stall closed at midday. |
160 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE English Language 6.2 Content, covering 6.2.1 Reading sources: non-fiction and literary non-fiction, 6.2.2 Time periods of the sources, 6.2.3 Choice of genre, and 6.2.4 Section B writing task. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.