The answer beneath the noise
An original account of an invented kitchen moment.
While we were making soup, Dad asked Mia whether it needed more pepper. She began to answer just as I switched on the blender. Her reply vanished beneath its roar. When I turned the blender off, Dad asked her to say it again.
What is meant by “Her reply vanished beneath its roar” in this account?
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.