Fill in the Blanks 1 Bach Mod 6 Money MattersOnline version 1 Bach Mod 6 Money Matters by Emma XYZ 1 make owe girls pocket back borrow pay amounts money up boys do odd save stuff account average jobs salaries savings cash expenses Most teenagers in Britain receive from their parents . A report by the Bank of Scotland interviewed over 1 , 000 young people in Britain and found that 77 per cent get pocket money . They might have to do to get their pocket money , helping at home with tasks like cleaning , cooking , washing up , taking out the rubbish and ironing . Different families give different and the average for eight - to fifteen - year - olds in the UK is about £6 a week . Children in Scotland receive more than the national and Londoners get the most . Teenagers , logically , get more money than younger children . Some fifteen - to nineteen - year - olds receive more than £100 a month , although this figure varies depending on parents ? monthly . The report found that many children at least a quarter of their weekly pocket money and that more than save their money . I get £80 a month . I have to buy my own with that too , but my parents encourage me to put it in a . I wish I got more money , but I the best of what I get . Chris , 17 , from London I get £5 a week . I get it on Saturday after I clean my bedroom . If I from my parents during the week , then I always have to it from my pocket money . Charlie , 13 , from Edinburg h