Did you notice the paraphrasing that I used in Thursday's lesson?
- the amount of time = the time spent
- 10 to 15-year-olds = aged between 10 and 15
- chatting on the Internet = chatting online = chat online = engage in online conversation
- playing on games consoles = playing computer games = play on their consoles
- more popular = boys favour = girls prefer
- the majority of = most of them = most girls
and the comparisons that I made?
- ...is more popular than...
- Boys favour... / By contrast, girls prefer...
- while 85% of boys..., only 55%...
- close to 70% of girls..., compared to about 50% of this cohort who...
- most of them..., whereas most...
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