Semester Test in Reading 6th form

Read the text and choose "True" or "False".

Buying and selling on YouBuy

One way to sell something is to use YouBuy. YouBuy is a popular shopping website where people can buy and sell most things after they have registered with it.
When someone is selling something, YouBuy gives them instructions on how to put information on the website and how much money the seller pays them. It’s not expensive, it’s not very difficult to do and sometimes it doesn’t take very long to sell things. Lots of people look on YouBuy every day. One day my mother put a wool jumper and some leather boots on YouBuy and eleven people wrote to ask her about the boots. She sold them to the person who wanted to give her the most money. But you don’t always get a lot of money for your things. My older brother put his guitar on YouBuy and nobody wanted to pay more than £10 for it. He decided not to sell it. Sometimes YouBuy is brilliant for buying things and my dad always uses it for sports things. My mum hates using YouBuy for clothes and my brother doesn’t like to buy computer things on it. My aunt really hates YouBuy because she always sees something she likes but she never has any money to spend. But most people love it and think it’s a great way to buy, sell and save money!

1. The writer thinks it’s difficult to use YouBuy.       [True, False]

2. The writer’s mother sold some leather shoes on YouBuy.       [True, False]

3. The writer’s brother didn’t sell his guitar on YouBuy.       [False, True]

4. The writer’s mum hates buying clothes on YouBuy.       [False, True]

5. The writer’s aunt likes using YouBuy.       [True, False]

Choose the correct answer.

What does the writer think about using YouBuy?

Choose the correct answer.

What did the writer's mother manage to sell on YouBuy?