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Question 260

The unexpected parcel

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

  1. Inside, she found a folded poster and a short letter.
  2. A narrow parcel arrived at the rehearsal room.
  3. The letter explained why the teacher had kept the poster.
  4. Ada read the return address and recognised her former teacher.
  5. After reading it, Ada showed both items to the director.

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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