ENGLISH LANGUAGE O LEVEL(FORM ONE) NOTES – READING A VARIETY OF TEXTS

Reading a Variety of Texts (Intensive Reading)

A Foolish Customer

One day Mr. Juha sat in a hotel drinking some coffee. A boy came to him selling afternoon papers. “Which papers do you have?” Juha asked. “I have the Daily News and The Guardian,” the boy said. “Well, give me both. How much do they cost?” Mr. Juha asked. “One thousand two hundred for both. The Guardian sells at seven hundred,” the boy said. “Oh, that is very expensive; just give me The Daily News.”

Mr. Juha gave the boy a ten thousand shillings note. The boy said he had no change. “Let me go for the change, sir,” the boy said. “No! No! No! You will run away with my money! Leave your papers here with me,” Mr. Juha said. The boy left happily, leaving Juha with the papers. After two hours, Mr. Juha counted the papers that the boy had left. There were only three! Juha laughed, “Kwe! Kwe! Kwe!” Of course, the boy never came back.

Questions

Write True (T) or False (F) to the following sentences:

1. Juha sat in a hotel reading the Daily News.
2. The Guardian costs five hundred shillings.
3. Juha’s change was 8,800/=.
4. Juha counted his change.

Vocabulary

Customer – someone who buys things from the seller; buyer, client.

Expensive – an item whose price is very high.

Cost – the price of something.
e.g. My shoes cost me five thousand shillings only.

Change – money left after buying something.

Exercise

Make two sentences using the words expensive and cost:

1. ……………………………………..
2. ……………………………………..