Host: Well, Mike. You’re not just a TV fan, you’re an addict! Mike

Objective: to practise expressing opinions

PP read the questions and answer them.

-What do you think about his TV habits?

-Are they similar to or different from yours?

Activity 4a Look at the graphs and diagrams and say True, False or Don’t Know.

Objective: to practise interpreting diagrams and graphs

PP look at the graphs and then quickly read the sentences (give them 1minute) and say True. False, or Don’t know.

1 Girls watch more TV than boys.

2 Boys like sports programmes more than girls.

3 Boys and girls like chat shows.


Activity 4b Read and check your answers.

Objectives: to present cultural information; to practise reading for detail

Ask PP to read the text quickly and check their answers.




Culture Note:

British schoolchildren start school when they are five (or nearly five).

They spend six years at primary school. They begin secondary school

in Year 7 (the same as our Class 5) and finish in Year 11 or Year 13

when they are 16 or 18 years old.

We interviewed 20 Year 9 pupils at Estover School. We interviewed 10 girls and 10 boys. The boys watch more TV than the girls. The graph shows boys watch TV for more than 20 hours per week. The girls watch for between 15 and 20 hours per week. The pie diagrams

show that boys and girls like horror films, adventure films and cartoons best. They also like the news and sports programmes. Boys like sports programmes more than girls.
Activity 4c Answer the questions.

Objective: to compare TV viewing habits PP answer the questions.