Assessment 1
1. Read and say if you agree (A) or disagree (D)with the sentences.

1. If they had just one wish, girls ages eleven to seventeen say they would wish to be thinner.
2. Between the ages of ten and fourteen, the percentage of girls who are “happy with the way I am” drops from 60% to 29%.
3. 80% of ten-year-old girls are on diets.
4. Between 5 and 10 million teenage girls and young women have an eating disorder-extreme dieting, that can be very dangerous for their health.
5. Teenage cosmetic surgeries are growing at an alarming rate*.
6. 70% of girls say they have wanted to look like an actress. About 30% have actually tried to.

2. Cross out one quantifier that cannot be used in each sentence

1. Every/a few/most older people find today’s fashion styles pretty shocking.
2. Our company says that it will allow us to dress down one/a couple of/a few days a week.
3. Most/many/every young girls aren’t worried about the way they look.
4. Much/A majority of/A number of researchers are concerned about the effect the media has on young boys.
5. Many/Most/Much men wore their hair very short in the 1930s.
6. I’d say your sister could use some/a little/a few fashion help.
7. There are several/much/many reasons why so many people have digestive disorders.
8. A new study says that most/many/every children who watch TV for more than six hours a day may have problems with self-esteem as teenagers.

3. Write a paragraph about "Beauty" using these words or phrases.
Do you know besides furthermore even though on the
one hand nevertheless therefore in spite of on the
other hand while first of all the fact is that’s why
in conclusion fact file that
*alarming rate - worrying or disturbing.