My New Bag

Hello, my friends. My name is Lisa. I got a new ... (1) from my father yesterday. It is a
sling bag. It has a strap to carry the bag on one of my shoulders. It is quite large so it does not
hurt my shoulder even when I carry the bag for a long time. It also has an ... (2) to adjust the
length of the strap.
My sling bag is ... (3) in colour. It is made of jean cloth. Jean is material of strong
cotton. It is a ... (4). Because of the material used to make it, my sling bag is quite stiff. It is
hard to wash by ... (5). I have to use brush to clean the dirt or stain on my bag. However, the
material also makes my bag ... (6). It does not break even though I put so many things in it
that makes it so heavy to lift.
There is only one opening with ... (7) at my bag. It is covered by another layer of cloth
which has a ... (8) to hold it together with the bag. Inside the bag, there are two small pockets
and a bigger ... (9). I usually put my pens in the small pockets. I use the zippered pocket to
keep my ... (10).

Questions:
1. What does the text tell about?

2. Who gave the new thing to the writer?

3. What is it made of?

4. According to the writer, what is jean?

 Mashi

I have a cat. I named him Mashi. My cat mashi is very soft and fluffy. I got him from
my aunt, Lena. Mashi is a year old. He is a Balinese cat. He has long fur. The colour
combination of the fur is like that of Siamese. Mashi is mostly cream-coloured, with darker
colour at several spots like his face, paws, ears, and tail. He has beautiful eyes. They are blue
in colour. Mashi eats well. That’s why he is a little heavy.
When he is happy, Mashi likes to purr really loudly. He is so cute and he gets a lot of
attention. When he is really mad or when he feels intimidated, frightened, or suprised, he
hisses. His body will arch back and his hair coat will go up when he hisses. When he is
playful, he pounces on your feet when you’re walking.
Most of the time, mashi is weird and acts funny. But he is till so adorable. He likes boxes. If
you walk passing a box and he’s in that box, he will jump at you. We save our boxes for him.
His favourite thing to do is finding a box to hide in.

Questions:
1. What is the text about?

2. What kind of cat is Mashi?

3. How old is Mashi?

4. Describe his fur!

5. What is the colour of his eyes?

6. Is Mashi a quite fat cat?

7. What does Mashi do when he is happy?

8. What does Mashi do when he is frightened?

9. “If you walk passing a box and he’s in that box, he will jump at you”. (Paragraph 3)
What does the pronoun ‘you’ in the sentence refer to?

10. What does Mashi like to do the most?