During a workshop at the town archive, the curator showed us a set of objects and the labels being prepared for a small display. Some labels included dates confirmed by records; others used phrases such as “probably made around 1910” because no exact date had been found. Before we left, she asked which label had left us with the most questions. We pointed to one that did not explain why its date was uncertain. She said she would use our comments when revising the labels, and explained how the archive distinguished a recorded fact from an estimate. The discussion helped us understand both the objects and the care needed when describing them.
In your own words, explain two purposes of the curator’s final question.
528 exam-style questions on WJEC GCSE English Language 3.1 Section A (20%) – Reading, covering 3.1.1 Understanding description, narration and exposition texts, 3.1.2 Range of continuous and non-continuous texts, 3.1.3 Short and extended response question types, and 3.1.4 Editing task at word, sentence and text level. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.