TV and computer keep

children up.
Children stay up so late …………….(1) on their
computers and watching TV in their bedrooms that
they are beginning to suffer …………..(2) serious
sleep deprivation. One ……………(3) five youngsters
gets at least two hours …………….(4) sleep than their
parents did at the same age, which adds up to one
month's lost sleep a year. In the past, there was little
for children to do in the evenings, other ………… (5)
read or sleep.
Today, there's too …………(6) to do, and they
are mostly unstructured activities - such as ……………
(7) the net - that have no clearly defined start and
end times. This is the first generation of children to
………….(8) such a ………….(9) range of alternatives
to going to sleep and the long term consequences in
respect to the physical and mental health ………….
(10) the child and their family can only be guessed at.
 Ten-year-olds need .……..(11) eight and ten hours'
sleep …………(12) night,, …………….(13) four-year-
olds need 12 hours.

1. Read the text and complete it with the suitable words

below. Use only 13 words, and there are 3 extra words
you do NOT need.
in than surfing playing a for less much
play face from of while more wide between

2. Answer
the questions below..
 Why do the children stay up
late?
 What is the result of these
activities?
 What is the problem of surfing
the net in the evenings?
 How much sleep do ten-year-
olds need a night?

3. Complete the expressions from the text

 …………… from serious sleep deprivation

 there was little for children to …………… in the evenings

 to face such a wide ……..….. of alternatives

 gets at ………..…. two hours less sleep

 the physical and ……..….. health of the child

 have no clearly defined …….…… and end times

  One in …….... youngsters

 Ten-……..…..-olds need

 stay up so ……..……. playing on their computers

4. Write the antonyms of the

following words
 Late  ……………..….......
 Less  ………………...…....
 Wide  …………………..….
 Get  ............…………..
 Child  ……………………...

5. Match the words, find the pairs

a. Suffer 1. evenings

b. Define start and 2. range of alternatives

c. Sleep 3. from

d. Go to 4. end times

e. In the 5. deprivation

f. Wide 6. sleep

6. Summarize the text using the expressions below. Then

write down the sentences.
 Stay up late
 Suffer from sleep deprivation
  Surf the net
 Go to bed
 Physical and mental health
 8 or 10 hours’ sleep

7 . Wr it e a few sent enc es ab o ut

y o ur self .

What do you do in the evenings?

…………………………………………………
How often do you watch Tv or surf
the net? ……………………………………...…...
How much time do you spend with
watching TV or surfing the net? .
…………………………………………………………………….…
Do you like surfing the net? If so,
why? …………………………………………..
What kind of programmes do you
watch on the TV? …………………………..
………………………………………….….

Answer key

1.

1. playing
2. from
3. in
 4. less
5. than
6. much
7. surfing
8. face
9. wide
10. of
11. betweeen
12. a
13. while

2,.
They surf the net or watch TV
They do not sleep enough
There is no clearly defined start and end times
Ten-year-olds need between eight and ten hours' sleep a night

4. early more narrow give adult

5.
In the evenings
Suffer from
Sleep deprivation
Go to sleep
Wide range of alternatives
Define start and end times