The garden key
The key turned stiffly, and the allotment gate dragged a shallow groove through the soil. Since my aunt died, no one had tended the plot. I had expected disorder, but the sight of her carefully painted plant labels lying face-down in the mud made the neglect feel personal. When my sleeve brushed the rosemary, its scent returned me to summer afternoons when she sent me home with more vegetables than I could carry. Beneath the bench, I found her gloves folded inside the watering can. That small piece of order steadied me. I was not there to replace her choices with my own; I would uncover the paths and give the plants she had selected room to grow again.
In your own words, explain the writer's thoughts and feelings before beginning work in the garden.
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.