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5.2 Section A Directed Writing (40 marks)

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Question 10

The label inside the coat

Original opinion extract, written for practice.

Inside my new coat is a label offering six tiny symbols and one confident sentence: care for your garment responsibly. I had hoped responsibility might include being told what to do. The symbols are printed so small that I need better light to distinguish a permitted action from its crossed-out cousin. I understand why an international product cannot carry a small book in every language. I would still welcome a readable label and a clear explanation available somewhere the purchaser can find it. A beautiful coat should not require detective work before its first wash. If the manufacturer knows a mistake would be costly, that seems a reason to make the instruction easier to understand, rather than a reason to make the customer feel unusually foolish afterwards.

Use your own words to evaluate the writer’s attitude to unclear clothing-care instructions. Give details from the extract to justify your answer.

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5.2 Section A Directed Writing (40 marks) Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /5.2 Section A Directed Writing (40 marks)

100 exam-style questions on CIE IGCSE English Language 5.2 Section A Directed Writing (40 marks), covering 5.2.1 Question structure and stimulus texts, 5.2.2 Question 1(a) analysis and evaluation of the text(s), and 5.2.3 Question 1(b) directed writing task. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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