Finding the words
The first conversation was halting, with both of us stopping to search for familiar words. By the end it was lively, interrupted by laughter rather than long silences. We had spent most of the hour describing what we cooked at home. Nobody had introduced an impressive topic or corrected every mistake. The change came from discovering enough shared detail to ask a question whose answer we actually wanted to hear.
From the passage, select two words or phrases that describe how the conversation developed.
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.