Book 3
   Lesson 6, One
 
Kids and the Media

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Sentence Completion: Understanding Expressions of Quantity


Fill in the blanks. Type the expression of quantity that you hear from the list. You may need to review Capitalization Rules on page 443 of the text.
 
40 percent of
50 percent of
58 percent of
65 percent of
a large percentage of 		a large variety of
an average of
fewer and fewer of
most of
half of
     Before families had TV, (1) the information children got was from their parents, teachers, and books. But when TV entered American homes in the 1950s, it brought (2) information, ideas, and images that previous generations of children didn't have. As more mothers entered the workforce, parents controlled (3) the programs that their children watched.
     Today the typical American child spends (4) five and a half hours using some form of media (TV, music, computers, printed material). The average household has three TVs, two VCRs, three radios, three tape players, two CD players, a video game system, and a computer. (5) children's time is spent watching TV alone or with other kids. In fact, (6) kids over eight have a TV in their bedroom. And parents of children under eight watch TV with their kids just (7) the time. Only (8) American kids live in households that have rules about media use. Mealtime used to be a time when families could get together to discuss their daily lives. Now (9) kids live in homes where the TV is on during meals. (10) kids say the TV is on even when no one is watching.