Page 28 - Exercise 1

Page 28 - Exercise 1

Teenagers’ reading habit

According to a government survey, 83% of British teenagers read in their free time.

Their favourite place to read is in bed.

Generally, girls read more than boys. On average, girls read for 4.5 hours a week.

Boys only read for 2.3 hours a week (but they watch TV and DVDs for 11 hours].

E-books are becoming more popular.

Books are popular with most British teenagers.

However, girls and boys read different things. Girls normally read fiction. Their favourite authors are J.K.

Rowling and Jacqueline Wilson. Boys often read non­ fiction books about their hobbies or about famous people. Teenagers also have to read books for English lessons at school. They usually read classic novels by British authors, like George Orwell, or American authors, such as John Steinbeck. Schools also have a library. Pupils can read there or they can borrow books to read at home.

Teenagers generally prefer reading magazines and comics to books. General teenage magazines are all for girls. They have articles about celebrities, make-up and relationships.

Boys, like men, read magazines about their interests, such as cars, computers, football or music. A lot of boys also read comics, but only one girl in twenty reads them.

People often soy that teenagers don’t read much, because they spend all their time on computers. But what do they do on their computers? A lot of the time, they read. For girls, social networks and celebrity websites are the most popular. Boys’ favourites are online song lyrics and computer game cheats.