The baker’s account
An original fiction passage set in the nineteenth century.
Before sunrise, Nell carried the baker’s account into the kitchen. Mr Cole was already shaping loaves beside the oven. Nell checked the total, folded the paper and slipped it into the blue jar on the windowsill. She then tied on her apron and began to sweep the floor.
Identify what Nell does immediately after putting away the account.
456 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE English Language 1.3 Content: prose fiction study requirements, covering 1.3.1 Read challenging prose fiction for the unseen 19th-century extract. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.