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Question 73

Letters in the stone

An original narrative about an invented archaeological excavation.

A flat stone was raised carefully from the trench and carried to the workbench. A line of carved lettering crossed its surface, but packed soil filled most of the grooves. At first, I could distinguish only the final two letters.

The conservator loosened the earth with a soft brush. As each groove was cleared, another part of the inscription appeared. Until the cleaning began, most of the words had been obscured.

Explain the meaning of “obscured” as it is used in this passage.

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3.1 Section A (20%) – Reading Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /3.1 Section A (20%) – Reading

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.

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