The average British family

The average British family lives in a semi-detached house with a garden in the south of England.

They own their house, which is situated in the suburbs of a large town.

The house has three bedrooms.

On average they have two children and a pet.

The family drives a two-year-old Ford.

He works in the office of an engineering company for 40 hours a week and earns 300 pounds per week.

He starts at 9.00 in the morning and finishes at 5.30 in the evening.

He goes to work by car.

It takes him 20 minutes to get to work.

He doesn’t particularly like his job, but there are chances of promotion.

She works in a service industry for three days a week and earns 135 pounds per week.

She works locally and goes there by bus.

She likes her job as it gets her out of the house, she meets people, and it is close to the children’s school.

The children go to a state school which is a few miles from home.

A special bus comes to pick them up every day.

They are at school from 9.00 to 3.30.

The most popular evening entertainment is watching television or surfing on the internet which the average person does for two and a half hours a day.

After that, the next most popular activity is visiting friends, going to the cinema or a restaurant, or going to the pub.

The most popular hobby is gardening and the most popular sports are fishing, football and tennis.