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Exercises

58.1 Fill the gaps in these sentences.
The news ...IS....... on Channel 3 at nine o’clock every night.
OR Ten million people watch this ..................... every week. It’s very popular.
There was ai... about traffic problems in cities on TV last night.
UH TsaW ace programme about birds in Antarctica.
My sister is 13: she reads...................... magazines every week. She likes the love stories.
JAN With my computer I can get the sports news on the.......................
Most young children don't read newspapers, they prefer ......................
58.2 Match the left-hand column with the right-hand column. Draw lines.
1 Talking about family problems a International news
2 Film of elephants in Africa b Sports programme
3 Football cup final c Soap opera
4 Reports from all over the world d Nature programme
5 Maria decides not to marry Philip e Talk show

58.3 What can we find in these magazines? Match the left-hand column with the right-hand
column. Draw lines.
1 a computer magazine a articles about health
2 a women's magazine b pictures of pop music stars
3 a news magazine c news about the Internet
4 a teenage magazine d interviews with politicians

58.4 What do you call ...
ABWNR a person who writes articles in newspapers and magazines?
a person who goes out and gets stories for newspapers? A reporter
a newspaper you can buy every day after about 5 p.m.?
a magazine that children read, with cartoon pictures?
a programme on TV about animals, birds, etc?

58.5 Answer these questions for yourself.
1 Do you read a morning or an evening newspaper?
2 How many TV channels do you have?
3 Is satellite TV popular in your country?
4 How many hours of TV do you watch every day?
5 What are your favourite kinds of TV programmes?

Write a paragraph about the media in your country. Use words from the opposite page.

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