Before the shoreline survey
Mara delivered the instructions with brisk certainty, dividing the beach into sections and assuring us that the boundary markers would be easy to follow. Once we reached the sand, however, she studied the faded survey sheet in silence. Two posts had disappeared since the previous visit, and she admitted that we would have to judge where one section ended and the next began.
From the passage, select one word or phrase that presents Mara as confident at the start. Explain how the later details qualify this impression.
232 exam-style questions on Edexcel A IGCSE English Language 1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts, covering 1.2.1 Focus of Section A, 1.2.2 Reading challenging non-fiction in preparation for the unseen text, 1.2.3 Reading substantial and extended texts, 1.2.4 Skills of interpretation and analysis, 1.2.5 Range of non-fiction forms, 1.2.6 Literary non-fiction text types, 1.2.7 Transient texts excluded from assessment, 1.2.8 The anthology as a supporting resource, and 1.2.9 Digital location of texts. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.