Media questionnaire

1. Why do you read a newspaper?	3. What do you listen to on the radio?
a) to find out what has happened	a) the news
b) because of interesting articles	b) music programmes
c) for the sports results	c) the weather forecast
d) for the business news	d) nothing much
2. What do you watch on TV?	4. Do you believe what you read or hear in the news?
a) the news	a) yes, all of it
b) soaps	b) yes, most of it
c) films	c) a) yes, some of it
d) nothing much	d) no, none of it

newspaper– e.g. The Times, The Herald Tribune

find out – get information or facts

happen – take place, e.g. “We don’t know what will happen tomorrow.”

article – a piece of writing in a paper or magazine

on TV/on the radio not in TV/in the radio, but in the paper

the news – a TV or radio programme about important things happening in the world

soap – a story on TV two or three times a week about the lives and problems of a group of people

nothing much – nothing important

programme – a TV or radio show, e.g. the news

weather forecast – a description of the weather for the next few days

believe – think that something is true

all= 100%, most = 80 - 95%,some = 30 - 50%, none = 0%

NOTE: We watch TV, but we see or watch a programme. We listen to the radio, but we hear or listen to a programme.

Exercise 5.Underline the correct answer.

Model: Don’t believe/listen what you see.

1. Read an article on/in the paper.

2. Let’s listen to the/a news.

3. Watch a programme in/on TV.

4. Find –/out what has happened.

5. See the programme/article on TV.

6. Did you hear –/to the sports results?

7. I heard all –/of it on/in the radio.

8. See –/to the film.

9. I watched most –/of it.

Exercise 6. Complete the dialogues.

Model: I always read a paper at the weekend. – But do you read all of it?

1. Did you TV last night? – Yes, I _________________a programme about dogs.

2. I read the story but I don’t ____________________ it’s true. – No, ________________ of it is true. It’s all false.

3. Have you heard the ? – No, what’s __________________?

4. Did you _______________________ to the radio today? – Yes, I __________________ the 8 o’clock news.

5. What’s in the this morning? – I don’t know; I never buy one.

6. Have you seen the weather ____________________? – Yes, it’s going to rain.

7. What did you on TV? – Oh, nothing ____________________.

Speaking Task. Read the media questionnaire again. Check your answers, or write a different answer. Ask another student about the media.

Exercise7. Read the information about a professional sportsman. Restore the word order in the general questions the journalist asked him. Imagine you are Tim Abbott and answer the questions. Use short answers. Identify the grammar forms. For reference see the Grammar Supplement.

Hi! My name’s Tim Abbott and I play for Maidstone United in the Southern League. I’ve played with them for five years. We train for about six hours every day, but my manager thinks we should not train on Sundays. Last year I had a problem with my left knee and it’s been painful since then. It hurts all the time. I’ll stop playing when I’m about thirty-five. After that, I’ll do something different.

Model: Tim/are/you/Abbott? – Are you Tim Abbott? – Yes, I am. (Present Indefinite)

1. United/play/do/you/Maidstone/for?

2. Premier/your/club/is/in/the League?

3. have/played/for/with/them/you/ten/years?

4. you/do/train/for/six hours/about?

5. tell/train/your manager/you/did/not/to?

6. your/on Sundays/train/team/does?

7. did/last year/you/a problem/have?

8. your knee/has/now/stopped/hurting?

9. you/stop/you/are/playing/before/will/forty?

10. then/you/different/will/do/anything?

Exercise8.Choose the right alternative and analyze its tense form .For reference see the Grammar Supplement.

1. Everything is going well. We didn’t have/haven’t had any problems so far.

2. Margaret didn’t go/hasn’t gone to work yesterday. She wasn’t feeling well.

3. Look! That man over there wears/is wearing the same shirt as you.

4. Your son is much taller than when I last saw him. He grew/has grown a lot.

5. I still don’t know what to do. I didn’t decide/haven’t decided yet.

6. I wonder why Jim is/is being so nice to me today. He isn’t usually like that.

7. Jane had a book open in front of her but she didn’t read/wasn’t reading it.

8. I wasn’t very busy. I didn’t have/wasn’t having much to do.

9. Mary wasn’t happy in her new job at first but she begins/is beginning to enjoy it now.

10. After leaving school, Tim found/has found it very difficult to get a job.

11. When Sue heard the news, she wasn’t/hasn’t been very pleased.

12. This is a nice restaurant, isn’t it? Is this the first time you are/you’ve been here?

13. I need a new job. I’m doing/I’ve been doing the same job for too long.

14. “Ann has gone out.” “Oh, has she? What time did she go/has she gone?”

15. “You look tired.” “Yes, I’ve played/I’ve been playing basketball.”

16. Where are you coming/do you come from? Are you Ukrainian?

17. I’d like to see Tina again. It’s a long time since I saw her/that I didn't see her.

18. Bob and Alice have been married since 20 years/for 20 years.

Exercise 9. Which is the odd word in each group and why?

1. local newspaper magazine weekly

2. radio press television news

3. view opinion circulation comment

4. politician publisher editor journalist

5. popularity public audience readers

Exercise 10. Match the following English media terms with their Ukrainian equivalents.

Part I		PartII
1) mass media 2) periodicals 3) free distribution 4) advertising 5) libel 6) censorship 7) independent 8) complaints 9) intrusion into privacy 10) impartiality 11) prevention	a) скарги b) справедливість, неупередженість c) незалежний d) втручання в особистежиття e) засобимасової інформації f) періодичнівидання g) запобігання h) безкоштовне розповсюдження i) реклама, рекламування j) цензура k) наклеп	1) competition 2) choice 3) satellite TV 4) pastime 5) programme content 6) controversy 7) circulation 8) TV network 9) unbiased information 10) subscription 11) current news	a) неупереджена інформація b) передплата c) телевізійна мережа d)сучасні, актуальні, поточні події e) проведення часу f) суперництво, змагання g) змістпрограми h) вибір i) cупутникове телебачення j) поширення, розповсюдження, тираж k) суперечка, дискусія

Exercise 11. Read the text and answer the questions that follow it.