Grade 10 English Revision
Second Semester • Includes Instant Feedback
Reading Comprehension Passage
'If you drop it, you'll break my toe,' groaned Asma. She glanced at her sister, Reem. They were standing at the top of the stairs with a large yellow sofa between them.
A few minutes later, Asma and Reem put the sofa down against the wall of the living room. They sat down and started to laugh. 'That wasn't so bad, was it?' grinned Asma.
'Hang on, what's this thing here? It feels like there's something inside it!' said Reem. Asma and Reem unzipped the cushion and to their surprise, they found a black leather handbag.
Neither girl could believe their eyes when they spread the contents of the handbag on the table. There was a purse and a collection of jewellery: three diamond rings, five pearl necklaces of different sizes, several pairs of earrings and some bracelets made of gold and silver.
'This jewellery is beautiful, isn't it?' sighed Reem. 'And look, there's 5,000 JD in here. Obviously, we'll have to give it back to the rightful owner.'
Asma shook her head. 'But we don't know whose money it is,' she said. 'If we knew who it belonged to, we could give it back to them but we don't know!'