Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension
Click to listen to the narration below, then answer the questions after.
Say No to Child Labour
Child labour is giving work to children who are underage so that they can earn money for themselves or their families. It is a serious problem because it can cause great harm to children and sometimes force them to do donkey work. Believe it or not, the work is often unfair, dangerous and sometimes so severe and hard that children cannot handle it. It may stop them from going to school, playing and growing up in a safe and happy way. This can deny them the right to education, growing and improving themselves. Without proper education, it can be hard for them to prepare for a career later in life.
Child labour can appear in many different ways, such as working on farms, in homes or in factories. You may also see a child, busy as a bee, selling groundnuts on the streets. Any work that denies a child their basic rights, like the right to go to school, to play or to sleep well, is child labour. Some people think it is a good idea to let children work to help their families. Remember, as the proverb warns, ‘Not all that glitters is gold.’ Some of it is rust under the golden shine. Just because a child is earning money does not mean it is good for them. It is still child labour because it denies them their rights. Children should not do work that denies them the right to play and to be children.
Even a job, like doing work in the house or taking care of a baby, if done by a child who should be in school, is considered child labour. Children need care, education and freedom to play and rest. That is why we must say NO to child labour.
- Click to listed to these words. Repeat aloud the words.
- Which of the words below have the sound common to the words ‘ear’, ‘cheer’ and ‘severe’?
- fear, pear, very
- year, eel, severe
- idea, peer, here
- pear, year, severe
- Which two words have a similar sound?
- harm/heir
- clear/charm
- appear/career
- year/rare
- Which of the following is a form of child labour according to the passage?
- Sweeping the compound in the weekend.
- Selling groundnuts on the streets to earn money.
- Taking a bath in the morning.
- Helping with house chores.
- What is the main idea of the passage?
- Children should work to earn money.
- Child labour is harmful and must be stopped.
- Children should work in factories.
- Some children do not like to work.
- Mark the 3 correct sentences.
- Child labour is giving work to children who are too young.
- It helps children become rich.
- It is harmful because it denies them their rights.
- Children need care, education and freedom to play and rest.
- What is the meaning of ‘severe’?
- Extremely bad or serious
- Not harmful at all
- Related to growing up
- Helpful in small amounts
- Which sentence uses the word ‘underage’ correctly?
- The teacher gave the learners an underage assignment.
- The underage boy was taken out of the factory and enrolled back in school.
- We enjoyed an underage performance by the school choir.
- The weather today feels very underage for this season.
- Complete the sentences with the appropriate expressions from the drop-down menu
- the young boy had already built a small toy car from scrap metal.
- Hassan had tothe loud noise while studying.
- Cleaning the whole compound alone felt like doing
- Patel was aspreparing food for the visitors.
- The toy looked new and shiny, but it broke on the first day. This shows that
- I can pick words with the ear /clear sound.
- I can explain the meaning of words related to child labour.
- I can use expressions like "busy as a bee" and "donkey work" correctly.
- I can identify the main idea of the story.
- I can retell the story in my own words.
Remember this!
- The vowel sound in the words ear, cheer and severe is a combination of two vowel sounds.
- Examples of spelling patterns with the vowel sound in ear are given below.
Spelling | Example words | Notes |
ea | ear, clear, idea | This is the most common and easy to spot. Note that not all words spelt with the letters ‘ea’ produce this sound. Example: pear does not have this sound |
ee | cheer, peer, pioneer, career | The sound often occurs at the end of words. |
ere | sincere, severe | The sound often occurs at the end of words. |
ie | cashier, premier | The sound often occurs at the end of words. |