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Question 191

Both texts are newly written practice sources about invented projects.

Text One: An original report about a school uniform exchange.

Before a school uniform exchange, families were asked to donate freshly washed clothing. Volunteers rejected torn items, then sorted the rest by garment and size. Large cards above the rails showed visitors where to look.

At the afternoon event, any family at the school could take up to three items without paying or making a donation. A screened corner allowed people to try things on. Volunteers returned unsuitable items to the correct rails.

At the end, the remaining clothes were stored for the next exchange. The organisers published a list of sizes they particularly needed. As the stock depended on donations, they could not promise that every garment or size would be available.

Text Two: An original account of a community clothing exchange.

A community centre kept an exchange rail for children's clothing. Donors brought clean, usable items during opening hours. The coordinator grouped garments by type and size, with labels fixed clearly to each section.

Visitors could take two items free of charge, whether or not they had donated anything. There was no changing area, but an unsuitable item could be returned the following week.

Once a month, spare clothes from overfull sections were passed to another local exchange. A notice listed the sizes most urgently wanted. The selection changed whenever donations arrived, so visitors knew that the exact item they wanted might not be there.

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Give one way in which both exchanges help visitors to find suitable clothing.

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b.

Synthesise what you learn from both texts about how the clothing exchanges are organised and the limits of what they can provide.

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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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