Read the text and accomplish the tasks that follow:

TODAY'S TEENS "WASTE" FREE TIME

An hour to get ready. Seven hours in school. Four hours of homework and, if you're lucky, six hours
to sleep. Now take time out for meals and normal hygienic practices and you're down to roughly three
hours left in a day to spend as you wish. An argument that has gained prominence in the eyes of students,
teachers, parents and researchers lately is whether or not students waste those three hours.
Data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), which surveys fifteen year-old people and older on
activities performed the previous day, showed sleeping and educational activities accounted for two-
thirds of high school students' time on an average school day.
Though every student has demands on their time how they choose to distribute that time depends on a
variety of factors such as age, gender, interests and values. ATUS research found that 79 percent of boys
watch TV, compared with 75 percent of girls who do so. Fifty percent of girls do homework, compared
to the 37 percent of boys.
Usually more girls complain about not having enough time to get things done more than boys because
time is more valuable to girls. Girls mature faster and are able to see and think about the long-term effects
of what they do now, so they spend their time differently than boys, who usually think for the moment
and are less likely to motivate themselves.
Research in the Youth and Society journal points to the notion that teens are not stressed and
overloaded with school work. Instead, the research indicates that adolescents have more free time than
earlier generations. The same research found that today's youth spends the increased free time on
"passive" leisure activities such as watching TV or movies and talking, all of which the study defines as a
waste of time. Relaxing and socializing is a healthy and necessary part of life for students. It's important
to escape the stress of work and school so that it doesn't build up and consume them. With too much
stress, it is difficult to focus on anything.
Many parents consider studying highly more important than hobbies and leisure time. The study
determined that without proper extracurricular activities to ease the pressure, teenagers are more likely to
fall into depression.
Most teens are unable to find a proper place to spend their leisure time, causing them to spend it alone
or looking at a screen of some sort. Teenagers do not spend the free time they get effectively.
Many people spend their time indoors instead of being active and adventurous. At a certain point, it
can become a health risk so teens should go out and get involved in clubs and activities such as sports or
camps with friends. Do something, just don't waste valuable free time!

Answer the questions?

a) Why is time more valuable for girls than for boys?
b) What factors influence the way students distribute their time?
c) What are “passive” leisure activities according to the text?

In the text, find synonyms for the words given below:

a) Precious (adj)-
b) To avoid (v)-
c) To elect (v)-
d) Spare (adj)-
e) A lot of –
f) Precious (adj)-
g) Elder (adj)-

In the text, find synonyms for the words given below:

a) Active (adj)-
b) To save (v)-
c) Vices (n)-
d) Insufficient (adj)-
e) Equally (adv)-
f) To fasten (v)
Based on the text, write if the sentences are True or False. Justify your choice.
a) Relaxing and socializing is not so healthy and necessary for students. ______, because
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b) Spending time indoors can become a health risk. ____________, because

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