The temporary desk
The manager introduced me to everyone, but I had forgotten half the names before we reached the spare desk. I was worried that asking again would make me look inattentive. A colleague placed a seating chart beside my keyboard and said she had needed one for a fortnight. I felt less like the only person who had ever arrived without knowing what to do. The first assignment was straightforward, and I was impatient to begin it. Completing something seemed easier than continuing to demonstrate that I was new.
In your own words, explain the writer's thoughts and feelings at the beginning of the placement.
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.