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Question 11

The loose paving stone

The five sentences below have been put in the wrong order.

  1. After the mortar had hardened, the path was opened again.
  2. She put a barrier around the unsafe area.
  3. A visitor told the caretaker that one paving stone moved underfoot.
  4. The repairer lifted the stone and fixed it securely.
  5. Only after the barrier was in place did the caretaker contact the repairer.

Identify which sentence should come second and which should come third in the coherent account. Write both sentence numbers, labelled second and third.

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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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