The notes for the community meeting were spread across the kitchen table. I had read them so many times that the opening sounded memorised, but the questions at the end still seemed to belong to someone braver. At the hall, I watched the chairs fill and folded my first page until its corners softened. Then a woman near the front asked about a detail I had checked twice. I found it in my notes and answered without looking down. When the next question came, I left the pages on the table and listened.
From the passage, select two words or phrases that show how the narrator’s confidence changes from the beginning of the passage to the end.
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.