VI.  There is one mistake in each sentence. Find, circle and correct the mistake.

1.   Children now spend much time on the internet than watching television.

2.   There are a lot interesting programmes on Disney Channel.

3.   Iam really boring when I watch documentaries.

4.   I enjoy to watch game shows or films.

5.   How many hour a day do you watch television?

6.   Children shouldn’t spend too much time to watch television.

7.   Many people work hardly every day to produce TV programmes.

8.   The 7 o’clock news tell people what is happening in the world.

V.   Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

1.   Who wants to be a millionaire? is _________ at eight o’clock every Tuesday night.

      a. in                             b. on                            c. at                             d. from

2.   Could you turn _________ the volume please? I can’t hear that singer very well.

      a. up                            b. down                       c. on                            d. off

3.   I like watching the news   _________ I want to know what is happening around the world

      a. and                          b.so                              c.but                            d.because

4.   It’s a fantastic _______. If you answer ten questions correctly, you can win a million pounds

      a. fashion show           b. talk show                 c.gameshow                d. reality show

5.   The film was _________. I felt asleep in the middle.

      a. scary                        b.boring                       c.exciting                     d.entertaining

6.   The story was very interesting _________ very sad.

      a. and                          b.or                              c.so                              d. but

7.   _________ does Sam watch the “Muppet Show”? - On every Sunday afternoon.

      a. What                       b. When                       c. What time               d.How often

8.   Grandma never _________ any episodes of her favourite series.

      a. misses                     b.watches                    c. forgets                     d. has

9.   Game shows are _________ programmes. They can be both entertaining and educational.

      a. much exciting         b. more exciting          c. most exciting           d. the most exciting

10. _________ televisiondo you watch a day? - About two hours.

      a. How long                 b.How many                c. How much               d. How often

IV.  Fill in each blank with ONE appropriate word.

One of my favourite (1)__________ programmes is Garfield. It is an American cartoon television series based (2)__________ the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. The show was produced by Film Roman. It is programmed every day at half past seven on (3)__________ six. The series follows the life of a fat, lazy orange cat who wants nothing (4)__________ out of life than to eat and sleep. He loves to lie eating lasagna and (5)__________ TV. My mother also (6)__________ this programme and normally watches it with me, so we usually have something good to eat like popcorn, cheese, biscuits or pizza (7)__________ we watch the show together.

III.  What kind of programme is it?

news             documentary             sports programme          weatherforecast

cartoon        game show                 romance                              chat show

1.   Tonight on the show we are talking to Matthew Wright, the actor and writer. ____________

2.   He shoots! He scores! Fantastic goal!                                                                  ____________

3.   The African elephant can live for about 70 years.                                               ____________

4.   Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and slightly cooler than today.                         ____________

5.   I can’t marry you, Bret. I’m already married to Rocky.                                       ____________

7.   Are you smart? Try and answer these questions!                                                ____________

8.   Watch all your favourites - Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck.         ____________

9.   Find out what is happening right now, around the world.

II.   Circle the out one out.              

1.   a. Japan                       b. Iceland                    c. New York                 d. Finland

2.   a. newsreader             b. MC                          c. weathergirl             d. TV schedule

3.   a. documentary           b. channel                   c. cartoon                    d. comedy

4.   a. comedian                b. popular                    c. stupid                       d. national

5.   a. romance                  b. horror film              c. game show              d. cartoon

I.    Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

1.   a. theater                    b. thank                       c. there                        d. thirty

2.   a. game                       b. animal                     c. channel                    d. national

3.   a. watch                      b. channel                   c. children                   d. schedule

4.   a. programme             b. show                        c. popular                    d. home

5.   a. newsreader             b. weather                   c. week                        d. leave

II.   Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one.

1.   What programme do you like best?

      What’s ________________________________________________________

2.   It’s not good for children to spend too much time watching television.

      Children _______________________________________________________

3.   Jim loves animals, so he likes to watch Animal programme.

      Jim likes to watch Animal programme________________________________

4.   My sister likes to watch cartoons.

      My sister is fond _________________________________________________

5.   How much time do you spend watching television?

      How many _____________________________________________________

6.   How about going to the cinema tonight?

      Shall __________________________________________________________

7.   The film is not as interesting as the novel was.

      The novel was much ______________________________________________

8.   Although he seemed a friendly person, I didn’t like him.

      He seemed _____________________________________________________

I.    Arrange the words to make sentences.

1.   on/ what/ tonight/ television/ is?

      _________________________________________________________

2.   favourite/ MC/ your / who/ is/ television?

      _________________________________________________________

3.   Tina/ time/ television/ does/ how much/ spend/ watching?

      _________________________________________________________

4.   they/ like/ do/ why/ cartoons/ to watch?

      _________________________________________________________

5.   best/ television/ like/ what/ do/ you/ programme?

      _________________________________________________________

6.   start/ the/ game show/ what time/ does?

      _________________________________________________________

7.   Liz/ go to/ how often/ does/ the cinema?

      _________________________________________________________

8.   you/ watch/ do/ television/ usually/ when?

      _________________________________________________________

      Answer the questions.

1.   Which TV programme does Steve like watching?

      _________________________________________________________

2.   Why does Kate like watching documentaries on wildlife?

      _________________________________________________________

3.   How much time does Rachel spend watching TV?

      _________________________________________________________

4.   According to Rachel, what are the benefits of TV?

      _________________________________________________________

I like TV as everybody else, but now that I’m older I am more selective about the programmes I watch. I used to watch cartoons all the time. Now I like watching the news and some games shows like “Who wants to be a millionaire?”, so I don’t really spend too much time in front of the box, an hour or two a day... Some programmes are educational and help us to useour imagination, but many are full of violence.

1.   Steve is obsessed about TV.

2.   Kate doesn’t like watching the news.

3.   Rachel’s favouriteprogrammes are still cartoons.

4.   Kate likes watching things that make her laugh.

5.   Rachel is the teenager who watches less TV of the three.

6.   Steve’s parents don’t mind that he watches so much TV.