Joining the relay
I knew that the team's fastest runner had withdrawn because of an injury; that was why my name was now on the list. I was grateful to be included, although I disliked the feeling of having been chosen only because somebody better was absent. Waiting near the start, I watched the other teams practise their handovers. Ours had gone well that morning, but I kept replaying the one I had dropped on Tuesday. When my teammate waved from across the track, I stopped checking my watch and waved back.
In your own words, explain the writer's thoughts and feelings before running the relay leg.
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.