Unit 8

Level 3
1 Match these nouns and their denitions. &
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 audience contestant presenter series sitcom soap opera viewing gures a) b) c) d) e) f) g)

Vocabulary practice

the numbers of people who watch a particular TV programme a group of people watching a TV programme, a lm or a play a set of TV programmes with the same theme or characters a comedy show with the same characters in different situations someone who introduces a show someone who competes in a quiz or a competition a long, often very dramatic TV story shown at the same time every week which tells you about the lives of a set of characters

b 2 ........ 3 ........ 4 ........ 5 ........ 6 ........ 7 ........ 1 ........

2 Complete the text with the correct form of the words in capitals. &

celebrities very quickly, because they have Some people become TV 1.................... appeared in a 2.................... TV show. Some people enjoy the programmes

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because they nd out a lot about the people in the show for example, cameras in people's homes leave them with little 3.................... and this can be interesting and funny for the ..................... . But there have been
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.................... about these types of programmes. They don't cost much

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for the .................... to make, and some people say it's a cheap and lazy way to make TV programmes. Some people say that it isn't .................... for the people who take part in the shows because they enjoy .................... for a short time but then their lives return to normal.
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LEVEL 3 UNIT 8

3 Circle the correct modier to complete the sentences. &

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We went to Madrid last August. It was very / absolutely boiling. In winter, it's really / very freezing here in Canada. Be careful with that coffee! It's very / absolutely hot. I really enjoyed that lm. It was very / absolutely fantastic. His new car is really / absolutely big and it goes very / absolutely fast. The last train has gone. It's very / absolutely impossible to arrive on time now. I've been playing tennis all afternoon, and now I'm very / absolutely starving. Look at the little kittens in the pet shop their ears are really / very tiny!

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

4 Complete the sentences with on and the words in the box. &
holiday offer the phone strike time TV on time 1 Why are you never .............................. for school? Do you go to bed late? 2 Let's see what's .............................. tonight. I'd like to watch something funny. 3 We go .............................. a lot to France, because my father's family is French. 4 This computer is very cheap because it's .............................. in the sales. 5 When people want more money, they sometimes stop work and go .............................. . 6 I spend a lot of time talking .............................. to my friends.

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# Cambridge University Press 2005 Level 3 Unit 8