A parcel for Flat 3
Text 1: Please Hand to Person, by Rosalind Fenwick
An original short story extract.
The parcel was waiting on our doormat when I got back from college, wrapped in brown paper and tied with string like something from a film. It was not for us. The label said Mr T. Varga, Flat 3, and Flat 3 was the ground floor, where the man with the alsatian lived, the one who shouted at children for bouncing balls against the garages. Mum was at work. I could have left it on the stairs, but the label also said FRAGILE in three places, and somebody had written PLEASE HAND TO PERSON underneath in careful capitals. So I carried it down, holding it out in front of me, and knocked. The dog barked first. Then the door opened on its chain, and a pale eye looked at the parcel, then at me, and filled suddenly with tears.
Explain why the narrator carries the parcel down to Flat 3 instead of leaving it on the stairs.
120 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE English Language 3.3 Section A: Reading meaning and effects – skills, covering 3.3.2 Analyse and compare use of language, 3.3.3 Draw inferences and justify with evidence, 3.3.4 Interpret meanings and effects across texts, and 3.3.7 Evaluate form and structure. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.