How do Americans Spend Their Free Time? Americans spend their free time in ___1___ (variety) ways. People enjoy building things and ___2___(sew) their own clothes. They do these things for fun and for ___3___ (economic). 25 million adults continue their education, ___4___ (chief) by going to school in the evening at their own ___5___ (expensive). Americans also devote a lot of their time to the needs of their communities, often without any pay. Why do they do it? There are several answers. The idea of ___6___ (cooperate) and sharing responsibility with one another for the benefit of all is as old as the country itself. When the country was first ___7___ (found) in 1776, it was necessary for the settlers to work together to live. They had crossed dangerous seas and risked all they had for political and ___8___ (religion) freedom. It is true that some people use their leisure because they are ___9___ (true) interested in the work; or that they are learning from the experience. No matter what the reason is, hundreds of thousands of so called leisure hours are put into hard, ___ 10___ (pay) work on one or another community need.