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1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts

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Question 46

I entered the disused salt mine with the survey team just before the ventilation fan was switched on. The air was motionless, as if it had been trapped underground for years, and it tasted faintly of salt. Our guide waited by the entrance while the equipment was checked. Only when the fan started did the air begin to move around us.

From the passage, select two words or phrases that describe the air in the mine when the writer first enters.

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1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /1.2 Section A: Non-fiction Texts

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.

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