Before the market opens
By half past six, the covered market was already awake. Stallholders moved through the narrow aisles, carrying crates that knocked against their knees. The air smelled sharply of cut herbs and damp cardboard. At the far end, one trader arranged a neat row of jars while another wrestled with a canvas awning that kept slipping from its hooks. I stood by the entrance, trying not to obstruct the steady stream of people bringing in their stock.
From the passage, select two words or phrases that describe the market before it opens.
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.