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Worksheet Nº 1 Week 1 March

Name: .................................................................................. Grade:8º Básico

I. Look at the quiz and guess about British teenagers.

1 pound: £1: 713 pesos chilenos

1.- What percentage of the British population is under 16?

a) 10% b) 20% c) 35%

2.- What do most school-age teenagers say they enjoy?

a) going to the cinema b) playing sport c) watching TV

3.- How many 15-16-year-olds have the Internet at home?

a) 1 in 2 b) 1 in 7 c) 1 in 13

4.- How much is the average 11-16-year-old currently spending a week?

a) £2 b) £20 c) £12

5.- These days teenagers are spending most of their money on:

a) CDs b) mobile phones cards c) sweets

6.- What is the most common part-time work?

a) babysitting b) paper round c) shop work

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II. Read the text carefully and check your answers.

Teenagers in Britain
Britain has 12 million people under the age of 16, around 20% of the
population.
If you ask teenagers what they do on a day they enjoy, most say going to
the cinema, followed by seeing friends. If you ask what they do on a day they don’t
enjoy, watching TV is the top answer, although, on average, 11 -16 year-olds
actually watch 11 hours of TV a week.
Internet fans might think British teenagers spend all their time online, but
surprisingly under 10% of 15-16-year-olds have the Internet at home, just 1 in 13.
However, this number is increasing all the time.
11-16-year-olds spend about 12 pounds a week. Girls tend to spend 2
pounds a week more than boys. In the past, this was usually spent on sweets, but
now teens are spending most of their money on mobile phone cards.
If children are spending so much, that means some of them are working. It’s
illegal to work if you are under thirteen, but it is quite common for 10-16-year-olds
to have some kind of job. 2 million schoolchildren with part-time jobs are earning
an average of 14 pounds a week. The most common job is babysitting, followed by
newspaper rounds.
25% of under 19s are living with just one parent. About 100,000 young
people run away from home every year. with up to 350 of them sleeping on the
streets of London each night.

III. Read the text again and answer True or False.

1.- Watching TV is what teens usually do on a day they don`t enjoy. ..........
2.- The number of teens with Internet access at home is low, but
increasing every day. ..........
3.- Boys spend more money than girls. ..........
4.- Schoolchildren with part-time jobs earn an average of £14 a month. ..........

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IV. Pair work. Discuss these questions together for a few minutes.

1.- What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

2.- Do you do anything to get spending money? What?
3.- What do you spend your money on?

V. Look at the examples.

People are using the Internet more and more.

Two million teenagers work part-time.

VI. Complete the rule. Write present simple or present continuous.

We use ..................................for permanent situations.

We use .................................. for routines.
We use .................................. for actions happening now.
We use .................................. for changing situations and trends.

VII. Underline examples of the present simple and present continuous in the quiz in
the activity I.

VIII. Finish these sentences about changes and trends in your country.

1.- More and more people my age ....are spending their money on magazines.........
2.- Teenagers are buying ................................................................................................
3.- People in my country are ...........................................................................................
4.- My parents are ...........................................................................................................
5.- My friends are ............................................................................................................

Homework:
Write a sentence about how you spend most of your money.

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