TEST OF ENGLISH
The aim of this report is to present the results of the nationwide survey on eating habits in Britain and it was carried out by a frozen food company
A group of four hundred parents of teenagers was chosen and questioned about the eating habits of their families and the family relations.
The survey showed that four out of ten families with teenagers eat their main meal in front of a TV-set. Moreover, one in twenty British families only eat together on special occasions. Thirty-seven per cent felt watching TV was more relax than making a conversation.
However, ninety-five per cent of families are in favor of returning to meet together at the dining table and sixty-nine per cent agreed that the best way to catch up on family news.
The survey shows that TV is becoming more interesting and that family relationships are becoming weaker and weaker. And the eating habits have changed over the years.
QUESTIONS:
Activity 1: Answer the following questions from the text
*1/how many parents questioned?
*2/What type of text is it?
*3/why the family relationships are becoming weaker?
Activity 2:
A-Find in the text the synonyms of:
Asked= Findings=
B-Find in the text the opposite of:
Stronger # less#
Activity 3: Report the following sentences
1/*a-My father said: "It is late to catch a bus today"
b-My father said……………………………………..
1/*a- the journalist said: "The speech is really bad"
b-……………………………………………………..
3/*a-My friend asked:" Do you often listen to music?"
b-……………………………………………….
4/*a-The passenger asked:"When will the next train leave?"
b-…………………………………………………………….
Activity 4: Complete the sentences with the correct compounds
science fiction - sunglasses - alarm clock – traffic jam
1/* I am late because there was a terrible……………in the centre of the town.
2/*My …………did not ring this morning and I didn't wake up until 9.30.
3/*When I am driving, I always wear……………..if it is very bright and sunny.
4*/My brother loves. ………, but I prefer true stories about the present or the past