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Question 18

Waiting for the mobile library

Source A: an original contemporary non-fiction-style account.

The mobile library stops beside our village shop every other Wednesday. I usually arrive a few minutes early with my books in a shopping bag. This week the van was late because roadworks had forced it to take a longer route. The librarian explained the delay as she lowered the step. Inside, a narrow shelf held books that readers had requested in advance, including the guide to local birds I had ordered.

I returned two novels and borrowed the bird guide along with a collection of short stories. My neighbour asked whether large-print books could be ordered, and the librarian showed her how to make a request. We had half an hour before the van needed to leave for the next village. As I stepped down, rain began, and the shopkeeper waved us inside to wait. I read the first page of the bird guide beside a stack of potatoes, discovering that I had confidently given the wrong name to a bird I saw almost every morning.

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.

LetterStatement
AThe library visits every other Wednesday.
BThe van was delayed by a mechanical breakdown.
CThe narrator had requested a bird guide.
DThe narrator returned three novels.
ELarge-print books could not be ordered.
FThe van was due to leave for another village.
GThe shopkeeper invited them inside when it rained.
HThe narrator read the guide on the journey home.
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6.2 Content Questions

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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.

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