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Question 11

The travel alarm

Text: an original contemporary personal account-style practice extract.

My stop on the overnight train was due just before dawn, so I packed a small travel alarm. Its quiet vibration woke me without disturbing the passenger in the next seat, and the illuminated face meant I could check the time without turning on the carriage light. Its small buttons were awkward when I was half asleep, and I had to remember to pack a spare battery. I still asked the guard to confirm the stop before I gathered my bags.

From the extract, give two ways in which the travel alarm helped the writer on the train.

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2.3 Content: non-fiction study and transactional text types Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /2.3 Content: non-fiction study and transactional text types

834 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.3 Content: non-fiction study and transactional text types, covering 2.3.9 Write an article, 2.3.10 Write a letter, 2.3.11 Write a review, 2.3.12 Write a text for a speech, and 2.3.13 Write a section for a guide, textbook, leaflet or booklet. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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