According to a recent report, young people aged 8–18 are wasting (1) _______________ of time by multitasking

In fact, they are spending as much as 50 per cent longer than if they did the same tasks (2) _______________.

Some young people are juggling a larger and larger array of (3) _______________ as they study, while surfing the net, sending (4) ____________, answering the phone, and listening to music simultaneously.

Other studies have shown that this (5)____________ is affecting the way families operate, with young people too self-absorbed to talk to other family members or to eat at the family table.

The electronic (6) ____________ is also apparently having a (7) ___________ on young people’s studies and work.