Reading task Jobs for teenagers

Independent work II
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Jobs for teenagers
About half of 16 and 17-year-olds in the UK have got jobs, and three quarters of this age group also go to school. They do part-time jobs before or after school and at weekends. The most common jobs are babysitting (very popular with girls) and paper rounds (popular with boys). Cleaning and working in a shop are also popular jobs. In the UK, school students are not allowed to work more than two hours on a school day, or more than twelve hours in total during a school week. They are not allowed to work before 7 a.m. or after 7 p.m. (but babysitters can work later. They must have at least two weeks’ holiday from school each year when they don’t work at all. Teenagers do part-time jobs because they want to earn some money. However, they don’t usually earn very much. In the UK, there is a minimum wage for adults: £5.52 an hour. For 16 and 17-year-olds, it is £ 3.40 an hour. For children under 16, there is no minimum wage, so many teenagers work for £2 or £3 an hour.


1. Match the underlined words and phrases in the text with the meaning below.
1. looking after children while the parents are out. ________________
2. get (money) for working. ________________
3. jobs that you do for a few hours a week. ________________
4. the smallest amount of money you can get for working by law. _______________
5. can’t ________________
6. delivering newspapers to people’s homes. ________________


2. Read the text. Decide if they are true or false. Why?
1. Babysitters work after 7 p.m. _________
2. Part –time jobs are popular with teenagers. _________
3. Minimum wage for 16-year-olds is £ 5.52. _________
4. Teenagers don’t do part-time jobs after school. _________
5. 15 hours in total can young people work during a school week. _________
6. There is no minimum wage for teenagers under 16. _________

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