The fold that cracked
An original account of an invented bookbinding lesson.
During my first bookbinding lesson, I folded a strip of thick paper to make part of a cover. The paper resisted my hands, and a ragged crack appeared along the fold. I decided that the whole sheet must be too brittle to use.
My tutor cut another strip from the same sheet, turned it round and folded it in a different direction. This strip bent easily and its surface remained smooth. Because both strips came from the same sheet, I realised that I had blamed the material when the direction of my first fold was responsible.
In your own words, explain two things the comparison between the strips helped the narrator understand.
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.