Complete the text with the words from the box. Teenagers, advertisements, channel, regular, operas, football, watch, programmes, television
Most teenagers watch much of 1)television, but usually there are periods in the year where they watch more than average. This is due to 2) coming on in seasons, so they will watch a particular show at a certain time for a number of weeks as long as it lasts, but then they may 3) no television for weeks after the programme has ended. Teenage boys generally watch more TV when it is the 4) season, often watching two games and related shows a week (about 5 hours of viewing). A portion of teenagers watches programmes that are 5) (such as soap 6) ) at least five times a week for half an hour or so but this portion is getting smaller, as it is hard to find the time each day.
7) also watch less television because of services such as BBC iPlayer, which allows them to watch shows when they want. As we know, on TV, 8) come on quite regularly (18 minutes of every hour) and teenagers do not want to watch these, so they switch to another 9) , or do something else while the adverts run.
1 television
2 programmes
3 watch
4 football
5 regular
6 operas
7 teenagers
8 advertisements
9 channel