B2 Review 4 (Units 7,8) (Future Tenses, The media)

The programme usually ___ on at half past eight

I saw the interview while I was ___ through a magazine at the hairdresser’s

Why did you have to bring that subject ___ at dinner?

They mentioned it in the article but they didn't ___ into detail

The tabloids completely ___ that story about Bruce Willis. It's not true at all!

They were ___ out free tickets to the concert to everyone in the shopping center

We had the volume turned down, so I couldn't make ___ what they were talking about

Use the words in bold only once to complete the sentences (the meaning of the missed words you can find in brackets). There is one word you won't need

Few / little / lot / lots / many / most / much / some

• How      information do we have at the moment? (asking about an amount)

• Only a     print journalists managed to move into television. (describing a small amount)

• This magazine’s got      of adverts in it. (describing and large amount)

• I won      money on a quiz show once. (describing an imprecise amount)

• There's        chance of getting rich from starting a website. (describing a small amount)

• I think that      children's TV programmes these days are educational. (describing a majority)

• There aren’t      opportunities for poets to get published. (describing a small amount)

Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals when this is necessary

• Why can't             POLITICS ever just say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ when they are asked if they agree with something?

• I was hoping this book would help me with my history project but in fact it wasn't very             INFORM

• My cousin Dan has kept a         JOURNAL since he was twelve years old

• Did you hear that              ANNOUNCE on the radio about the water shortage?

• There's an           WRITE rule in our house about how late we can stay up to watch TV

• 16 I just stood there in           BELIEVE when I heard I'd been selected to go on the quiz show

• The internet is an incredibly powerful means of               COMMUNICATE

• I wouldn't describe the film as a comedy, but one or two scenes are mildly          HUMOUR

If a line is correct, put a tick ('v' or '-') next to the number. If there is an extra word in a line, write it next to the number

Quiz show

1     Last month I wrote to a few local television station asking if

2     they gave away the free tickets to any shows. A week later

3    they sent to me two tickets for a quiz show. I went with my

4    best friend Anjie last night. It was an excellent! The show

5   is called Know Them or Not? and contestants have to

6   answer questions about a lots of different people in their lives,

7   like friends, relatives and colleagues. There are ten contestants

8   to start with but one of them gets knocked out at the end of

9      each round. I'd like to go into on a show like that one day

10      but, for now, I’m much happy just to have been in the audience.

Complete the second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap

• These two dictionaries are similar. little

  There                              these two dictionaries

• My first editor greatly influenced me. influence

  My first editor                          me

• They described the robber on the evening news. give

  They                       the robber on the evening news

• Robert Maxdoch has just bought the newspaper. control

  The newspaper is now                      Robert Maxdoch

• You'll be wasting your time if you try to get tickets for that show. point

  There                       to get tickets for that show

• I believe that adverts do influence people's buying habits. view

  It            that adverts do influence people's buying habits

• The prime minister will probably make a statement this afternoon. likely

  The prime minister                   a statement this afternoon

• A programme about the royal family will be shown instead of Friends this evening. place

  This evening,              Friends, a programme about the royal family will be shown.

• 27 The Hollywood star wouldn't say anything about the allegations. comment

  The Hollywood star refused               the allegations