Today, children in Great Britain (1) ……………………… work. They go to school and (2) ……………………… to learn things which they can use when they are older. Sometimes they have a part-time job in (3) ……………………… they deliver newspapers or wash cars but this is (4) ……………………… ‘pocket money’, which they spend on clothes or hobbies.
However, in other parts of the world, children (5) ……………………… as five are expected to work. The majority of (6) ……………………… work on farms (7) ……………………… they look after the animals or pick fruit and vegetables. Other children have to work in factories and the conditions can be very difficult.
In Britain it (8) ……………………… be like this. For example, my grandfather started working when he was fourteen. But things changed. People thought that if children (9) ……………………… work, they could go to school to learn. Isn’t this something that all children (10) ……………………… be able to do?
1 A have to B don’t have to
C mustn’t D must
2 A expected B are expected
C were expected D is expected
3 A who B that
C which D where
4 A for to earn B to earn
C earning D earn
5 A as young B younger
C young D youngest
6 A they B them
C their D theirs
7 A when B who
C which D where
8 A didn’t use B didn’t use to
C use to D used to
9 A didn’t have to B won’t have to
C don’t have to D wouldn’t have to
10 A would B will
C should D can