TEENSPOT The website for teens…     Teens Speak Out!     THIS WEEK’S TOPIC:     Do you help out at home? How do you feel about it?

Darren, 17, Lincoln I help quite a lot actually, especially at weekends. I sometimes mow the lawn, for example, wash the car or dust the furniture. My mum and dad both work really hard all week, so I think they need a bit of help. Stacey, 16, London I sometimes help my mum after school. I often take out the rubbish or wash the dishes. It’s not fair though! My brother never helps! He just disappears into his bedroom and lets me do all the work! Greg, 18, Manchester To be honest, I don’t usually help much with the housework, I just clean my own bedroom once a week. At the moment I’m doing exams. It’s not that I don’t want to help, it’s just that I never find the time! Jenny, 18, Scarborough My mum and dad run a hotel. They are really busy, so I often help to make the beds, cook the breakfast or dust the furniture. I don’t mind at all. Sometimes my parents even pay me!

The teens'parents often do the housework at weekends

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My teacher gave me a lot of ________ and helped me pass the test.

Complete each sentence with the correct tense of one suitable verb from the box. 

take       play       tell       come

It’s annoying. He ……………… always ………… me what to do.

Read the following text and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Scotland is the north part of the island of Great Britain. The Atlantic Ocean is on the west and the North Sea on the east. Some people in Scotland (37)_______ a different language (38)_______Gaelic. There are about five million people in Scotland, and Edinburgh is (39)_______ most famous city.

Scotland has many mountains; the highest one is called “Ben Nevis”. In the south of Scotland, there are a lot of sheep. A long time ago, there (40)_______ many forests, but now there are only a (41)_______ .

Scotland is only a small country, (42)_______ it is quite beautiful.

Supply the correct form of the word in bold to complete each of the following sentences.

It was ……….. of him to leave the door open during the night. (care)

Complete each of the following sentences so that it is closest in meaning to the original sentence

I would like you to put these things away.

Would you mind ………………………………………………………..…?

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It is important that students develop an awareness of how the Internet should _______.

There is ONE mistake in each sentence. Pick it out and correct it

You look very happily today

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Her parents asked her ________ she wanted to be in the future.

Complete each of the following sentences so that it is closest in meaning to the original sentence

You don’t have much time for reading because you watch too much TV.

If you didn’t ……………………………………………….……….…….....

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He tried to run as fast as he could; however, he didn’t win the race.

Although ……………………………………………….……….……….....

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What a ………. decorated house! (beauty)

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Rolls: “Would you like to go to the concert?” Bob: “________ . I’m very busy.”

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Mary is wearing the red dress ________ her mother bought for her last week

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You have finished writing your essay, ________ ?

Complete each of the following sentences so that it is closest in meaning to the original sentence.

It is over 450 years since the birth of Shakespeare.

Shakespeare ………………………………………………………………..