The two-page statement
The statement I had prepared was only two pages long, yet I kept imagining the moment when I would lose my place. Everyone in the waiting area appeared to have a thicker folder. I wondered whether my objection would sound trivial beside theirs. Then I looked again at the photograph of the crossing my mother used each morning. It was the reason I had come. I folded the statement so that the first sentence was visible and asked the clerk how long I would have to speak.
In your own words, explain the writer's thoughts and feelings before speaking at the planning meeting.
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.