Unit 7: Exercise 1

Match the words and phrases with the definitions.

chat show current affairs program documentary drama game show

reality show

1. an informal television or radio program on which famous people are asked questions
about themselves and their work: chat show
2. a TV or radio program giving political news about events happening now: current
affairs program
3. a television program about ordinary people who are filmed in authentic situations:
reality show
4. a television program where people score points by answering questions or doing
things: game show
5. a film, television, or radio program that gives facts and information about a subject:
documentary
6. a play in a theatre or on television or radio: drama

Unit 7: Exercise 2
Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.

interviewed said they of an election over 50% were in favour a little

of the people

1. Over 50% of the people interviewed said they were in favour of an election a little.

like to quit all smokers slightly under half of said they would

2. Slightly under half of all smokers said they would like to quit.

one-fifth of were substandard that the amenities all residents felt

approximately

3. Approximately one-fifth of all residents felt that the amenities were substandard.

Households under a just have pets third of

4. Just under a third of households have pets.

almost all on their phones they listen to the news said that the commuters

5. Almost all the commuters said that they listen to the news on their phones.

one in was happy of news broadcasts ten viewers with the quality
 roughly

6. Roughly one in ten viewers was happy with the quality of news broadcasts.

Unit 7: Exercise 3
Correct the underlined mistakes.

1. A little under 80% of regular listeners are satisfied with the quality of the programs.
2. Just over 30% of the readers said they were going to cancel their subscription to the
magazine.
3. Around 90% of subscribers to the online edition had no complaints.
4. The majority of viewers felt that documentaries and financial programs were well-
researched.
5. Just over 50% of the people who took part in the survey wanted an election.
6. Roughly one in three readers was dissatisfied with the sports coverage.

Unit 7: Exercise 4
Complete the sentences. Use the percentages in the box.

19% 30% 49% 65% 81% 89%

1. 81% is just over four-fifths.

2. 65% is a little under two-thirds.
3. 19% is almost one-fifth.
4. 89% is about nine-tenths.
5. 49% is roughly half.
6. 30% is exactly three-tenths.

Unit 7: Exercise 5
Which passive forms are used in the sentences? Match the tenses in the box
with the correct sentences.

future perfect future simple past continuous past simple

present continuous present perfect present simple

 1. The sports programme is being watched by millions of people. present continuous
2. The sports programme was watched by millions of people. past simple
3. The sports programme has been watched by millions of people. present perfect
4. The sports programme was being watched by millions of people. past continuous
5. The sports programme will have been watched by millions of people. future perfect
6. The sports programme is watched by millions of people. present simple
7. The sports programme will be watched by millions of people. future simple

Unit 7: Exercise 6
Rewrite the sentences in the passive.

1. The broadcasting corporation produces many historical dramas.

Many historical dramas are produced by the broadcasting corporation.

2. That presenter has read the news for ten years.

The news has been read by that presenter for ten years.

3. The prime minister will make an important announcement on Wednesday.

An important announcement will be made by the prime minister on Wednesday.

4. The newspaper’s chief editor wrote the lead article.

The lead article was written by the newspaper’s chief editor.

5. The news channel is producing a documentary about homelessness.

A documentary about homelessness is being produced by the news channel.

6. The education minister will have closed all schools with fewer than 50 pupils by the
end of the year.

All schools with fewer than 50 pupils will be closed by the education minister by the
end of the year.

7. They were making a film about the cultural scene in Bradford when we visited the
studio.

A film about the cultural scene in Bradford was being made when we visited the
studio.
Unit 7: Exercise 7
Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.

reduced by 50% that next year documentaries produced the number of

will be it has been said

1. The number of reality TV documentaries produced will be reduced by 50% next

year.

believed that of young adults in the nineties by huge numbers

was being watched reality TV it is

2. It has been said that reality TV documentaries produced in the nineties were
being watched by huge numbers of young adults.

all historical TV dramas it is the production of for financial reasons

will have been stopped widely accepted that by 2025

3. It is widely accepted that by 2025, all historical TV dramas will have been
stopped for financial reasons.

that the sports program is currently over 10 million viewers

being watched by it is estimated

4. It is estimated that the sports program is currently being watched by over 10

million viewers.

the gardening program on the radio by 10 million people

aged over 50 every week is listened to

5. It is listened to by 10 million people that the gardening program on the radio

aged over 50 every week.

Unit 7: Exercise 8
Correct the underlined mistakes.

1. A large number of sporting events are covered by commercial channels.

2. Last night’s sports programme was watched by nearly 4 million people.
 3. By the end of this month, proceedings in parliament will have been filmed for over
30 years.
4. Highlights of many sporting events are shown nightly on the channel.
5. Many free newspapers are being distributed outside stations at all times of the day.
6. A play about the hardships of village life was being rehearsed when we visited the
theatre.

Unit 7: Exercise 9
In which sentence is the adverb or adverbial phrase in the correct position?
Choose the correct sentences.

1.

o The interview secretly with the motorist was being filmed.

o The interview with the motorist was being secretly filmed.

2.

o A children’s program currently is being viewed by all the pupils in the nursery
school.
o Currently, a children’s program is being viewed by all the pupils in the nursery
school.

3.

o The news channel has been criticized for its coverage unfairly of the election.
o The news channel has been unfairly criticized for its coverage of the election.

4.

o British documentaries frequently were exported to South America in the

eighties and nineties.
o British documentaries were frequently exported to South America in the
eighties and nineties.

5.

o This game show will have been broadcast over 100 times probably by the end
of the year.
o This game show will probably have been broadcast over 100 times by the end
of the year.

6.

o This current affairs program is regularly watched by most of my friends and

colleagues.
 o This current affairs program regularly is watched by most of my friends and
colleagues.

7.

o Tomorrow’s tennis match will be watched by millions without doubt on pay-

as-you-view channels.
o Tomorrow’s tennis match will without doubt be watched by millions on pay-
as-you-view channels.

Unit 7: Exercise 10
Read the magazine article about a television documentary. Complete the
sentences with the verbs in the box.

have been added is being broadcast is broadcast was being produced

was opened were filmed were relocated will be shown will have been watched

The aim of our new documentary is to bring to life the culture and industries of central
England in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Our documentary is based on an
open-air museum located in central England on 26 acres of former industrial land. It was
opened to the public in 1978, and since then over 50 shops, houses, and other industrial
buildings from nearby towns were relocated. Most buildings were filmed from their original
sites to form a village in which actors portray life from over 300 years of history but with a
focus on the period 1850–1950. Many different aspects of museum life is being broadcast
during the ten-month period in which the documentary was being produced. In one scene,
viewers have been added what it was like to be a pupil in a Victorian reading lesson at the
village school, and in another scene, the life of a miner underground will be depicted. The
first episode is broadcast this week and ratings are expected to be extremely high. It is
estimated that by the time the final episode will be shown, the series will have been watched
by over 50 million viewers.