Would YOU like to
start school at
eleven o’clock?
Do you like mornings? Many teenagers don’t! This is why …
BEFORE YOU READ:
What time do you get up?
What time does your school start?
BEEP! BEEP!
It’s 7.30am. Chris, 13,
looks at the alarm clock*.
He goes back to sleep.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
It’s 8.00am. Chris wakes
up and goes back to sleep.
“CHRIS!!” It’s his mum.
“It’s 8.30!” Chris gets up.
“I hate mornings!” he says.
Many teenagers don’t like
mornings! Scientists at
Oxford University, England,
have some new information.
“Teenagers aren’t lazy,*” says
Professor Russell Foster.
“They have a different body
clock*”. Teenagers are two hours
behind adults* – so, when it is
nine o’clock, a teenager’s body
thinks it is seven o’clock!
One head teacher* in
Newcastle, England, has an
idea. He thinks pupils learn
better in the afternoon. He wants
his school to start at eleven o’clock
in the morning, not at nine o’clock.
So, pupils at this school can have a lie-in*!
DISCUSS IT!
Would you like to start school
at 11 o’clock?
Taken from CROWN magazine © Mary Glasgow Magazines
www.maryglasgowplus.com
Time Check
Personality Quiz:
Are you a lark1 or an owl?
Which preposition do you use?
Tick ( ) the
in
on
at
correct preposition:
Are you a morning person?
Or do you like the night? Tick [✓ ] one answer:
days of the week
(Monday, Tuesday)
1 What time do you go to bed?
times of the day
(the morning,the
afternoon, the
evening)
■Before 10pm
b ■Between 10pm and midnight?
c ■After midnight?
a
time
(6 o’clock,
half past four)
2 What time do you get up?
■Before 7am
b ■Between 7am and 9am
c ■After 9am
a
the weekend
Now, finish the sentences with
in, at or on:
1 I get up
3 Do you use an alarm clock?
■No, I don’t need one.
b ■Yes, I sometimes use an alarm clock.
c ■Yes, I have many alarm clocks!
a
seven o’clock.
2
the weekend, I get up
at nine o’clock.
3 I don’t like studying
4
prepositions
of time
4 What is your favourite meal?
■Breakfast
b ■Lunch
c ■Dinner
a
the morning.
Saturdays, I go to bed at ten o’clock.
5 In the morning, do you drink tea or coffee?
■No, never.
b ■Yes, sometimes.
c ■Yes, always!
Animals and Sleep
a
How much sleep do they need
each night?
❑
2❑
3❑
4❑
5❑
6❑
1
And you?
I need
A
A cat
1.9 hours
B
A giraffe
12.1 hours
A 12-year-old kid
C
D
15.8 hours
18 hours
A python
A tiger
An African elephant
F
E
hours sleep.
9.3 hours
3.3 hours
WORDWISE
alarm clock – sveglia ✱ lazy – pigro ✱ body clock – orologio del corpo ✱ adult – adulto ✱ head teacher – preside
✱ to have a lie-in – partorire
1 A lark is a type of bird. It is active early in the morning.