The first clean sheet
The workshop floor was dusty, and the corners around the press were cluttered with boards waiting to be trimmed. The workbench itself was clear. Before printing, the tutor asked us to move every drink to a shelf near the door. She then passed around a clean sheet so that we could feel its surface. I began to understand how much of the process depended on separating the useful mess of making from the things that would spoil the final impression.
From the passage, select two words or phrases that describe the floor area around the press.
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.