The bar chart illustrates how many hours adolescents in Chester (1)_____________ seven activities each week between 2002 and 2007. 

Overall, the most popular activity over the period given was watching TV, whereas bowling was the (2)________favourite. Going to pubs and discos, watching TV and shopping all showed an increase in the number of hours teenagers spent on these activities. The other pursuits showed a decrease in hours, (3)_________watching DVDs which fluctuated. 

Teenagers spent 25 hours watching television in 2002 which increased to almost 40 hours in the final year. Both going to pubs and discos and shopping more than (4)_________in hours from over 5 to over 15 and from over 5 to exactly 15 respectively. 

While teenagers (5)__________10 hours doing homework in 2002, this figure (6)__________to just over 5 in 2007. Playing sports fell more dramatically from 10 hours to around 3 hours. Bowling was under 5 hours throughout the entire period declining by about 4 hours (7)_________. The number of hours teenagers dedicated to watching DVD's was only 10 hours in the first and final years but reached a peak of over 15 hours in 2004 and 2005.

ANSWER KEY

1. spent on

2. least

3.except

4. doubled

5. occupied

6.dropped

7.in total