Unit 8 Vocabulary: The media A Complete using the correct form of the words in the box.

1&2 7&8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 deny, refuse feature, article 3&4 9 & 10 agree, accept press, media 5&6 11 & 12 heading, headline bulletin, newsflash

John Sanders, MP, _______________________ any involvement in the scandal when asked about it. The politician ______________________ to say more when questioned by reporters this morning. Johnny Depp rarely ______________________ invitations to do interviews. Johnny Depp ________________________ to appear at a press conference to promote his latest film. Did you see the newspaper ________________________ this morning? If you give every paragraph of your report a ______________________, it'll be easier to read. Living Today has got a special _____________________ this month on healthy diets, There are interviews with nutritionists, menus, recipes and loads of other things too. There's an interesting _____________________ in the paper about the Constitution of the EU. I generally trust what I hear on the news, but rarely believe anything I read in the _________________. The ______________________ involve print journalism, TV, radio and even electronic forms of communication such as the Internet. We interrupt this programme to bring you an urgent ______________________. And we'll be back with our regular _____________________ at 7 o'clock. Circle the correct word or phrase. It's a great computer (programme / program) once you get the hang of it. I hate (tabloid / broadsheet) newspapers; they're just full of gossip, scandal and lies. As a (journalist / columnist) for a local paper, you don't have to interview people or attend events. You just have to express your opinions about the issues of the day. There's a great (talk / quiz / game) show on BBC1 tonight. Contestants have to race through a supermarket as quickly as they can, filling up their trolleys as they go. On some TV channels, (an announcer / a commentator) tells you what the next programme is going to be. Join us at half past nine for a live (broadcast / channel) of the State Opening of Parliament.

Phrasal verbs C Write one word in each gap. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Please do not _______________ over your examination papers until you are instructed to do so. I had to _________________ in so many forms! It took me hours! I'd like everyone here to _________________ forward as many suggestions as possible. There was a guy in the street _________________ out free tickets to that new quiz show. He _______________ out that he'd worked in children's TV, but in fact he's never been near a TV studio. Could you _______________ up her number in the phone book? She _______________ out as one of the finest contemporary British novelists around at the moment.

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Complete each sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words. Her latest best-seller was published last month. Her latest best-seller ____________________________________last month. That story's not true, is it? You ___________________________________________, didn't you? The programme starts at half past six. The programme __________________________________at half past six. The documentary didn't really explore why the rainforests are being cut down. into The documentary didn't really ________________________________why the rainforests are being cut down. on up out

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I had a quick look at the magazine in the dentist's waiting room. I don't think we need to mention that now. I don't think we need to ___________________________________now. Your lies don't fool me! I can _______________________________your lies!

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I ____________________________________________ in the dentist's waiting room.

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Choose the correct answer. It's not always easy to _______ the difference between fact and fiction. a) make b) do c) say The debate will _______ place tonight. a) be b) have c) take d) tell d) make d) thought

In my _______, freedom of the press must be maintained. a) mind b) view c) sight

Media mogul, Ronald Mordick, has _______ control of another tabloid. a) made b) found c) given d) taken They _______ a description of the robber on CrimeTime and it sounded like you! a) made b) told c) said d) gave J.K. Rowling has _______ an enormous influence on children's literature. a) had b) given c) done d) set I could spend hours _______ the Internet! a) surfing b) diving c) sailing d) swimming d) at d) at

They said _______ the news that the price of petrol is going up again. a) from b) in c) on The issue _______ question is more complex than you think. a) from b) in c) on

Watch _______ for words like 'so-called' in articles as they express the writer's bias. a) about b) around c) over d) out

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Each of the words in bold is incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. He's been described by several critics for our greatest living poet. I think you've confused tabloids by broadsheets. Do you believe about telepathy? There's no point of trying to get an interview with him. He never does interviews! According from this report, scientists have discovered a new planet. The facts of this article don't correspond about my own experiences at all. Write one word in each gap. The announcement _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________

The editor sent an email ________________ every journalist on the news desk announcing _______________ there would be an emergency editorial meeting at 1 o'clock. I had heard _______________ the problems the paper was facing and I heard _________________ one of my colleagues that the paper might be going to close. Whatever it was, it was likely ________________ be bad news. At the meeting, the editor told us ___________ to tell anyone else yet, but the paper had been taken over by Ronald Mordick. He said he had only been informed _________________ the decision that morning, We were all so surprised _____________ the news that nobody knew what to say. I made a comment _____________ a colleague that it was time to start looking for a new job. The editor heard this, and finally managed to persuade us not ______________ quit until we had seen what changes would be made. H Word formation: Complete the sentences by changing the form of the words in the box when this is necessary. announce 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 communicate edit humour write second journal inform

Why do press photographers think they can turn up at a celebrity's house completely _______________________? How many means of _____________________________ do you use on a regular basis? Could you write an _____________________________ for the next issue of the school magazine? You have to have a sense of __________________________ to work on children's TV! There's an ______________________ rule on tabloid newspapers that the truth always takes second place to a good story. When Jill was at ______________________ school she used to dream of being a DJ on local radio. Are you thinking of a career in ___________________________? You don't actually get a lot of ___________________________ from a news report on radio or TV.

Complete the text by changing the form of the word in capitals. Politics on TV

I love watching ________________________(discuss) programmes, and I love politics, so you'd think I'd enjoy watching ________________________(politics) being interviewed on TV. But I don't. All too often, ______________________(journal) ask them the most _______________________(ridicule) questions, and, when they do get an interesting question, I sit there watching in ______________________(believe) as some of the most ________________________(power) people in the country give totally ____________________ (convince) responses. It's as if they don't care whether their reply is ____________________(believe) or not. Often, they are very poor _________________________(communicate), and they're frequently even more _________________________(inform) about key issues than I am. I don't expect them to be particularly _________________________(humour) they are serious people, after all but at least they could say something interesting occasionally. It makes me want to stand for election myself! Extra Vocabulary: Eating out Match (a d) to (1 4). a) b) c) d) a place where you go for a drink. a place where you go for a complete meal. another place where you go for a drink. a place where you go for a drink and a snack. ____ 1) a bar ____ 2) a restaurant ____ 3) a caf ____ 4) a pub

True or False? You leave the bill but you pay a tip. a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) A bar serves drinks. At the end of a meal, you pay the addition. You choose wine from a wine card. A meal goes in this order: starter, dessert, main course. You can get a snack in a caf. You give the chef your conditions. A waitress is a female waiter. A menu is a list of food you can choose from. f pay the bill / leave a tip ___________ _______________________ ___________ _______________________ ___________ _______________________ ___________ _______________________ ___________ _______________________ ___________ _______________________ ___________ _______________________ ___________ _______________________