8th form Reading "What Do Young People Do in Their Free Time?"

1. When they are not at school, eating or doing their homework, young people in their "teens" spend a lot of their time in their own neighborhoods with friends, either in the streets or parks or in ____ homes.

2. Surveys show that only few young people ____ youth clubs.

3. Most young people are more interested ____ activities that do not cost money.

4. Lack of their own money in the younger age groups means that a great deal of time _____ with friends, window-shopping in town, cycling or skate-boarding.

5. In the older age group, those who are still at school or who are unemployed have unsufficient income _____ what they please.

6. Parents do not always give ____ children a set amount of pocket money each week.

7. Some parents give money in return ______ children taking part in house hold chores.

8. Young people, aged 12 upwards, earn money _____ washing cars or windows, delivering the early morning papers, mowing lawns and so on.

9. For those aged 14 years and above, young people often find ____ in so-called "Saturday jobs" working as assistants in shops.

10. At 15 years old and ____, young people understand the necessity inpart-time work in order to earn just for themselves.