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52% of young adults in US live with parents (8th September, 2020)

The Reading / Listening - Young Adults - Level 6

A new study from the Pew Research Center has revealed that most adults under 30 years old are now living with their parents. The study says the number of 18- to 30-year-olds who live at home has hit an 80-year high. Around 52 per cent, or 26.6 million, of young people are at home with one or both of their parents. Researchers say that not since 1940 have so many of the younger generation lived with their parents. Only in the Great Depression of the 1930s was the percentage higher. The researchers say there has been a recent rise in the number of young adults moving back in with their parents. A contributory factor to this spike is the economic downturn and a rise in unemployment caused by coronavirus.

Regarding the economy, financial analyst Jeremy Sopko said: "You have to take into account two huge factors: massive student loan debt and a lack of available work." He added: "It's a difficult situation that's been exacerbated by the pandemic and it may take ...the better part of a decade for younger demographics to recover and be financially stable enough to leave home." Another commentator said the trend could have adverse effects on the property rental market. She said: "With a lot of young people not renting, not moving into cities...there is a lot of inventory coming onto the market." Mr Sopko concluded: "For the most part, nobody wants to be living at home with mom and dad."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Young Adults - Level 4 or Young Adults - Level 5

Sources

https://money.yahoo.com/majority-of-us-adults-under-30-now-living-with-parents-study-finds-143957490.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/04/us/children-living-with-parents-pandemic-pew/index.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/09/04/more-young-people-living-with-their-parents-than-in-the-great-depression-report-says/#4b2ad0ac51a3

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. YOUNG ADULTS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about young adults. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
study / research / young / adults / home / parents / younger generation / downturn /
economy / analyst / student loan / debt / pandemic / stable / property rental / cities
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. LEAVE HOME: Students A strongly believe everyone should leave their family home before they are 21; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. AGE GROUPS: What are the good and bad things about being these ages? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Good Things	Bad Things
3-8
18-30
30-40
40-50
50-60
85-100

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5. GENERATION: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "generation". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. LIVING AT HOME: Rank these with your partner. Put the best things about living at home at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

Meals
Low / No rent
Being with family
Washing
Weekends
Chatting
Bedroom
Money

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	revealed	a.	A sharp increase in the number or size of something.
2.	hit	b.	All of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.
3.	generation	c.	Having happened, begun, or been done not long ago or not long before.
4.	depression	d.	Made previously unknown or secret information known to others.
5.	recent	e.	Playing a part in bringing something about.
6.	contributory	f.	Reached a particular level, point, or figure.
7.	spike	g.	A long and severe downturn in an economy or market.

Paragraph 2

8.	financial	h.	Money (or other things) that is owed or due.
9.	analyst	i.	Made a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse.
10.	huge	j.	The entire stock of a business, including materials, components, work in progress, and finished products.
11.	debt	k.	A person who examines numbers, facts and other information to inform others.
12.	exacerbated	l.	Harmful; unfavorable.
13.	adverse	m.	Very, very, very big.
14.	inventory	n.	Related to business numbers and economics.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

The article says over half of adults worldwide live with their parents. T / F
Around 26 million young adults in the USA live with their parents. T / F
A greater percentage of young adults lived at home in the 1930s. T / F
More young people are living at home because of coronavirus. T / F
An analyst said a lack of student loans was a problem. T / F
It might take nearly 10 years for young adults to be able to leave home. T / F
An analyst said the property rental market is being badly hit. T / F
An analyst said most young adults want to live with their parents. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

study
hit
factor
unemployment
spike
financial
exacerbated
stable
adverse
inventory

joblessness
stock
reached
economic
paper
steady
unfavorable
increase
worsened
element

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

hit an 80-year
so many of the younger
a recent rise
A contributory factor to
a rise in unemployment
financial
take into
massive student
financially stable enough
For the most

analyst
in the number
this spike
part
account two huge factors
high
to leave home
caused by coronavirus
loan debt
generation

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

generation
hit
downturn
study
factor
both
number
rise

A new (1) _____________________ from the Pew Research Center has revealed that most adults under 30 years old are now living with their parents. The study says the (2) _____________________ of 18- to 30-year-olds who live at home has (3) _____________________ an 80-year high. Around 52 per cent, or 26.6 million, of young people are at home with one or (4) _____________________ of their parents. Researchers say that not since 1940 have so many of the younger (5) _____________________ lived with their parents. Only in the Great Depression of the 1930s was the percentage higher. The researchers say there has been a recent (6) _____________________ in the number of young adults moving back in with their parents. A contributory (7) _____________________ to this spike is the economic (8) _____________________ and a rise in unemployment caused by coronavirus.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

exacerbated
stable
analyst
decade
inventory
part
massive
effects

Regarding the economy, financial (9) _____________________ Jeremy Sopko said: "You have to take into account two huge factors: (10) _____________________ student loan debt and a lack of available work." He added: "It's a difficult situation that's been (11) _____________________ by the pandemic and it may take ...the better part of a (12) _____________________ for younger demographics to recover and be financially (13) _____________________ enough to leave home." Another commentator said the trend could have adverse (14) _____________________ on the property rental market. She said: "With a lot of young people not renting, not moving into cities...there is a lot of (15) _____________________ coming onto the market." Mr Sopko concluded: "For the most (16) _____________________, nobody wants to be living at home with mom and dad."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) A new study from the Pew Research Center ______
     a. has reveal that
     b. has levelled that
     c. has revelled that
     d. has revealed that
2) the number of 18- to 30-year-olds who live at home has ______ high
     a. hid an 80-year
     b. hit an 80-year
     c. height an 80-year
     d. hilt an 80-year
3) Researchers say that not since 1940 have so many of the younger ______
     a. generational lived
     b. generate shun lived
     c. generate shin lived
     d. generation lived
4) Only in the Great Depression of the 1930s was the ______
     a. percentile higher
     b. percent age higher
     c. percentage higher
     d. percent did higher
5) A contributory factor to this spike is the ______
     a. economics downturns
     b. economically down turn
     c. economic downturn
     d. economic downtown

6) You have to take into account two huge factors: massive ______
     a. student loaned ate
     b. student loan dead
     c. student loaned it
     d. student loan debt
7) It's a difficult situation that's been exacerbated ______
     a. by the pandemic
     b. by the endemic
     c. by the panda mic
     d. by the pan dermis
8) take the better part of a decade for younger ______
     a. demographics to recover
     b. reprographics to recover
     c. them graphics to recover
     d. demagogues to recover
9) Another commentator said the trend could have ______
     a. adversely effects
     b. ad verse effects
     c. ad verse affects
     d. adverse effects
10) With a lot of young people not renting, not moving into cities there is a ______
     a. lot of inventory
     b. lot of invent story
     c. lot off inventories
     d. lots off inventory

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

A new study from the Pew Research Center (1) ____________________ most adults under 30 years old are now living with their parents. The study says the number of 18- to 30-year-olds who live at (2) ____________________ an 80-year high. Around 52 per cent, or 26.6 million, of young people are at home with (3) ____________________ of their parents. Researchers say that not since 1940 have so many of the (4) ____________________ with their parents. Only in the Great Depression of the 1930s was the percentage higher. The researchers say there has been a (5) ____________________ the number of young adults moving back in with their parents. A contributory factor to (6) ____________________ the economic downturn and a rise in unemployment caused by coronavirus.

Regarding the (7) ____________________ Jeremy Sopko said: "You have to take into account two huge factors: massive (8) ____________________ and a lack of available work." He added: "It's a difficult situation that's been exacerbated by the pandemic and it may take...the (9) ____________________ a decade for younger demographics to recover and be financially (10) ____________________ leave home." Another commentator said the trend could have (11) ____________________ the property rental market. She said: "With a lot of young people not renting, not moving into cities...there is a (12) ____________________ coming onto the market." Mr Sopko concluded: "For the most part, nobody wants to be living at home with mom and dad."

Comprehension questions

What is the name of the research center that conducted the research?
When was the last time so many young adults lived at home?
How many young adults in the US now live with their parents?
What happened in the 1930s?
What did the article say had caused a rise in unemployment?
What is Jeremy Sopko's job?
What did Mr Sopko say there was a lack of?
How long might it be before young adults are able to leave home?
What did a commentator say there was a rise in the inventory of?
Who did Mr Sopko say doesn't want to live with mom and dad?

Multiple choice quiz

1) What is the name of the research center that conducted the research?
a) New
b) Pew
c) Few
d) Kew
2) When was the last time so many young adults lived at home?
a) 150 years ago
b) 100 years ago
c) 70 years ago
d) 80 years ago
3) How many young adults in the US now live with their parents?
a) 26.8 million
b) 28.6 million
c) 26.6 million
d) 28.8 million
4) What happened in the 1930s?
a) the Great Depression
b) the Roaring Twenties
c) the New Deal
d) the Wall Street Crash

5) What did the article say had caused a rise in unemployment?
a) immigration
b) coronavirus
c) the property market
d) market forces

6) What is Jeremy Sopko's job?
a) financial analyst
b) a pandemic expert
c) a youth counsellor
d) a property investor
7) What did Mr Sopko say there was a lack of?
a) trust
b) housing
c) work
d) young people
8) How long might it be before young adults are able to leave home?
a) the best part of a decade
b) the worst part of a decade
c) a whole decade
d) half a decade
9) What did a commentator say there was a rise in the inventory of?
a) bricks
b) mortar
c) baked beans
d) rental property

10) Who did Mr Sopko say doesn't want to live with mom and dad?
a) people in their thirties
b) teenagers
c) nobody
d) people in their 20s

Role play

Role A – Food
You think food is the best thing about living at home. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least attractive of these (and why): low rent, washing or chatting.

Role B – Low Rent
You think low rent is the best thing about living at home. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least attractive of these (and why): food, washing or chatting.

Role C – Washing
You think washing is the best thing about living at home. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least attractive of these (and why): low rent, food or chatting.

Role D – Chatting
You think chatting is the best thing about living at home. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the least attractive of these (and why): low rent, washing or food.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'young'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'adult'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

revealed

hit

both

only

recent

downturn

financial

debt

difficult

adverse

cities

nobody

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - Young Adults

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'young'?
What do you think of young adults?
What do you think of living at home?
Why are more young people living at home?
What are the good things about living with your parents?
Should all young adults have to leave home?
What do you know about the Great Depression?
Has coronavirus affected you financially?
How has coronavirus affected your country financially?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'adult'?
What do you think about what you read?
What do you think of student loans?
Why will it take a decade for young adults to be able to leave home?
What are the bad things about living with your parents?
Is it better to rent or buy an apartment?
Would you prefer to live at home or on your own?
What advice do you have for young adults?
What questions would you like to ask the researchers?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

A new study from the Pew Research Center has (1) ____ that most adults under 30 years old are now living with their parents. The study says the number of 18- to 30-year-olds who live at home has (2) ____ an 80-year high. Around 52 per cent, or 26.6 million, of young people are at home with one or both of their parents. Researchers say that (3) ____ since 1940 have so many of the younger generation lived with their parents. Only in the Great Depression (4) ____ the 1930s was the percentage higher. The researchers say there has been a recent (5) ____ in the number of young adults moving back in with their parents. A contributory factor to this (6) ____ is the economic downturn and a rise in unemployment caused by coronavirus.

Regarding the economy, financial analyst Jeremy Sopko said: "You have to take into (7) ____ two huge factors: massive student loan debt and a lack of available work." He added: "It's a difficult situation that's been (8) ____ by the pandemic and it may take ...the better (9) ____ of a decade for younger demographics to recover and be financially stable enough to leave home." Another commentator said the trend could have adverse effects (10) ____ the property rental market. She said: "With a lot of young people not renting, not moving into cities...there is a lot of (11) ____ coming onto the market." Mr Sopko concluded: "For the (12) ____ part, nobody wants to be living at home with mom and dad."

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) levelled (b) rebelled (c) revelled (d) revealed
(a) satisfied (b) taken (c) landed (d) hit
(a) none (b) not (c) no (d) none
(a) by (b) on (c) of (d) at
(a) arise (b) raise (c) rise (d) riser
(a) spike (b) spoke (c) pocks (d) speck
(a) budget (b) account (c) balance (d) statistics
(a) exacerbated (b) exaggerated (c) expunged (d) expurgated
(a) role (b) part (c) bit (d) leave
(a) of (b) at (c) on (d) as
(a) invention (b) invalid (c) inventory (d) inviolate
(a) some (b) more (c) many (d) most

Spelling

Paragraph 1

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Paragraph 2

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Put the text back together

(...) both of their parents. Researchers say that not since 1940 have so many of the younger
(...) factor to this spike is the economic downturn and a rise in unemployment caused by coronavirus.
(...) demographics to recover and be financially stable enough to leave home." Another commentator said the trend could have
(...) an 80-year high. Around 52 per cent, or 26.6 million, of young people are at home with one or
(...) concluded: "For the most part, nobody wants to be living at home with mom and dad."
( 1 ) A new study from the Pew Research Center has revealed that most adults under 30 years old are now
(...) factors: massive student loan debt and a lack of available work." He added: "It's a difficult situation that's been
(...) adverse effects on the property rental market. She said: "With a lot of young people not
(...) Regarding the economy, financial analyst Jeremy Sopko said: "You have to take into account two huge
(...) renting, not moving into cities...there is a lot of inventory coming onto the market." Mr Sopko
(...) living with their parents. The study says the number of 18- to 30-year-olds who live at home has hit
(...) exacerbated by the pandemic and it may take ...the better part of a decade for younger
(...) generation lived with their parents. Only in the Great Depression of the 1930s was the percentage higher. The researchers say there has
(...) been a recent rise in the number of young adults moving back in with their parents. A contributory

Put the words in the right order

parents . are 30 their under with Adults living
home with of one At both parents . or
younger the of with generation parents . lived Many
rise numbers . been a in has recent There
caused coronavirus . rise unemployment A in by
account to two take into You factors . have
difficult pandemic . that's situation exacerbated by the A
of decade . It a takes better part the
lot the A inventory onto coming of market .
part, the be . most For nobody wants to

Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

A new studious / study from the Pew Research Center has revealed that most adults under 30 years old are now living within / with their parents. The study says the number / numeral of 18- to 30-year-olds who live at home has height / hit an 80-year high. Around 52 per cent, or 26.6 million, of young people are at home with one or both of their / them parents. Researchers say that not since 1940 have so many of the younger generation lived with their parents. Only in / at the Great Depression of the 1930s was the percentage higher / heighten. The researchers say there has been a recently / recent rise in the number of young adults moving back in with their parents. A contributory factor to this spine / spike is the economic downturn and a rise in unemployment caused by / to coronavirus.

Regarding the economy, financial analysis / analyst Jeremy Sopko said: "You have to take into / onto account two huge factors: massive student loan debt and a lack of available / availability work." He added: "It's a difficult situation that's been exuberant / exacerbated by the pandemic and it may take ...the better part of a decade for younger reprographics / demographics to recover and be financially stable enough / plenty to leave home." Another commentator said the trend could have adverse affects / effects on the property rental market. She said: "With a lot of young people not renting, not moving into cities...there is a lot of inventory / invention coming onto the market." Mr Sopko concluded: "For the most / much part, nobody wants to be living / live at home with mom and dad."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

a new study from the pew research center has revealed that most adults under 30 years old are now living with their parents the study says the number of 18 to 30yearolds who live at home has hit an 80year high around 52 per cent or 266 million of young people are at home with one or both of their parents researchers say that not since 1940 have so many of the younger generation lived with their parents only in the great depression of the 1930s was the percentage higher the researchers say there has been a recent rise in the number of young adults moving back in with their parents a contributory factor to this spike is the economic downturn and a rise in unemployment caused by coronavirus

regarding the economy financial analyst jeremy sopko said you have to take into account two huge factors massive student loan debt and a lack of available work he added its a difficult situation thats been exacerbated by the pandemic and it may take the better part of a decade for younger demographics to recover and be financially stable enough to leave home another commentator said the trend could have adverse effects on the property rental market she said with a lot of young people not renting not moving into cities there is a lot of inventory coming onto the market mr sopko concluded for the most part nobody wants to be living at home with mom and dad

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

AnewstudyfromthePewResearchCenterhasrevealedthatmostadults
under30yearsoldarenowlivingwiththeirparents.Thestudysaysthenu
mberof18-to30-year-oldswholiveathomehashitan80-yearhigh.Arou
nd52percent,or26.6million,ofyoungpeopleareathomewithoneorbot
hoftheirparents.Researcherssaythatnotsince1940havesomanyofth
eyoungergenerationlivedwiththeirparents.OnlyintheGreatDepressi
onofthe1930swasthepercentagehigher.Theresearcherssaytherehas
beenarecentriseinthenumberofyoungadultsmovingbackinwiththeir
parents.Acontributoryfactortothisspikeistheeconomicdownturnan
dariseinunemploymentcausedbycoronavirus.Regardingtheeconom
y,financialanalystJeremySopkosaid:"Youhavetotakeintoaccounttw
ohugefactors:massivestudentloandebtandalackofavailablework."H
eadded:"It'sadifficultsituationthat'sbeenexacerbatedbythepandemi
canditmaytake...thebetterpartofadecadeforyoungerdemographicst
orecoverandbefinanciallystableenoughtoleavehome."Anothercom
mentatorsaidthetrendcouldhaveadverseeffectsonthepropertyrental
market.Shesaid:"Withalotofyoungpeoplenotrenting,notmovinginto
cities...thereisalotofinventorycomingontothemarket."MrSopkoconc
luded:"Forthemostpart,nobodywantstobelivingathomewithmoman
ddad."

Free writing

Write about young adults for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Academic writing

Everyone should leave the parental home by the age of 21. Discuss.

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Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. YOUNG ADULTS: Make a poster about young adults. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. LEAVING HOME: Write a magazine article about all young adults leaving home by the age of 21. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on young adults. Ask him/her three questions about them. Give him/her three of your ideas on how young adults can get on the housing ladder. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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