Find the workdays, start time, and contact instruction in a fictional job notice. Distinguish the actual listed shift from a day the shop is closed.
Read the text
アルバイト募集
小さな本屋で働きませんか。仕事は火曜日と木曜日の午後四時から七時までです。
月曜日は店の休みです。興味がある人は、金曜日までにメールを送ってください。
How to read this text
Find the two workdays joined by と. The Monday sentence describes the shop’s closure, not a third workday. 午後 applies to the four-o’clock start, and the stated range runs until seven.
働きませんか is an invitation rather than a claim that someone does not work. The final 送ってください is an instruction to send an email. The notice does not list pay, eligibility, or employment conditions; do not infer those missing details. It is an original reading exercise, not a real offer of work or advice about permission to work.
English translation — check after your first reading
Part-time staff wanted. Would you like to work at a small bookshop? The work is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from four to seven in the afternoon. The shop is closed on Mondays. If interested, please send an email by Friday.
Examples to read before you practise
Japanese | Reading / English |
|---|---|
募集 | ぼしゅう — recruitment |
本屋 | ほんや — bookshop |
働く | はたらく — work |
午後 | ごご — afternoon / p.m. |
興味 | きょうみ — interest |
送る | おくる — send |
The notice or message above is fictional and was written for this exercise. Answer from this text; do not assume that a real service follows these hours or rules.
Try six questions
Try these self-check questions from memory, then compare your answers with the explanations. For automatic checking and saved progress, open the related practice after this article.
What kind of shop is it? Copy the noun.
What is the first listed workday?
What is the other workday?
How many hours is one stated shift? Type digits only.
What day is the shop closed?
What should an interested reader send? Copy the noun.
Answer key and explanations
本屋 / ほんや — The notice describes a bookshop.
火曜日 / かようび — Tuesday is listed before Thursday.
木曜日 / もくようび — The second workday is Thursday.
3 — Four to seven is three hours.
月曜日 / げつようび — The notice explicitly says Monday is a day off.
メール — The instruction is メールを送ってください.
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