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1 Work witha partner andmatch the photos with these words. advert cartoon chat show comedy documentary drama film game show reality show soap programme thenews sports andrepeat. @ r.filz Listen Think of examples of programmes for theother words in 1. dra*a - House,CSl PEit:*ru;'e?:*t4 Where doesthe stress comein each noun orcompound noun in 1?
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Adjectives describing programmes TV.

6 Look at these adjectives. Dotheyhave (+)meaning a positive or a (-) meaning? negative awful boring cool funny informative interesting moving popular scary 7 Match theadjectives in 6 withthedefinitions. 1 when something gives a lotof information ..*.1rftnrAttf..e.. ... . 2 when something makes youlaugh
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when something makes youwant to know more when something isn't interesting when people many like something when something isvery good
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SPEAKING Lookat the wordsin ifalics in the questions. Check thatyouunderstand them. Then usethe questions to interview yourpartner. i \rVhat isyour favourite typeofTVpro gramme? 2 iVnat isyour favourite series? -:t chonnel 3 ,', isit on? 4 ; , ^ : - s u a l l y r u r n s t h eiT ou nr h o u s e ? yo nV ^a5 ,', : "r'ssr youusually swtch thefy off? '^ 6 ,',-: s char.ge of theremote canfrol inyour house?

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Youaregoingto reada blog.Thetitle isTurn OffTVWeek. Whatdo youthink Turn OffTVWeekis? Youhave fourminutes to read the bloganddecide person if each thinks lurn OffTVWeekis a goodidea or a badidea. Donotstop youdon'tunderstand. reading if there arewords I Bob Martin 2 JaneW 3 JoPike
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Read the blog againand write down evidence frorn eachperson's text to justify your answers in 2.

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b y B O BM A R T I N on F[SRUAR2 Y5 , 2 0 i 1 The a6pu_alTurn Off TV Week startstoday.The idea is to live TV for a whole week.The peoplewho organise Wjth_S-qt it saythat television is a badthing.Personally, l'm not s-U19_ that they'reright. First of all,the organisers saythat the kidsof todayare lazier and in worsephysical condition than kidsof the pastbecause they all their time in front of the TV.But a recentstudy of 10,000 Spe_n-d USchildren agedL0 to 15 found no connection betweenTV and physical fitness. Children who don't watchTV don't always do more physical activity.And eventhe world's biggest TV addictcan find an hour in the dayto do exercise. In my case, soaps always makeme want to turn off the TV and go down to the gym! I agreethat there are lots of terrible programmes on TV.But 'No I don't agreewith saying TV'.ljust think we needsome programmes. more intelligent TV can be informative, fi.rnny and moving. And,yes,it can be awfultoo. The most importantthing is to think about what we watch and be more S_ql_egtv_e_. Another thingthat is not blackand white is the ideathat TV only stopsus from communicating professor with others. An American found that parents in homeswith no TV havean hour of conversation with their children everyday.In other homes, there was only 38 minutesof conversation ...a week!That'sbad.ButTV canalso bringpeopletogetherand helpto startconversations. ls there a better way to begina conversation than by glgttlnC about the latest_e-pj5g_{_q of your favouriteseries? Turnoff my TV?OK.But I alsoplanto continue turningit on when goodon. there'ssomething
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Choose thebestanswers. 1 A recent study in theUSA shows that a TVmakes children fat. b watching less TVgenerally makes r^ chilcre more acttve. c watching less TVdoesn't really make chilcre active. 2 a b c Bob Martin thinks a lotofTVisbad, especially soaps. a lotofTV isbad, butnorsoaps. allTV isawful.

3 Bobthinksthat TV a hasa negative effect on conversation. b onlystops conversatlon. c c a nh a v e ef f e co a p o s i t i ve l nconve'sdr;on. 4 ianeW a likes alltypes of programmes. b onlywatches programmes thatsheknornis ar.: .=. c knows whento switch theTVon andoff. 5 JoPike a hates aliTV. programmes b thinks sports areOK. c d o e s n l' t ike t h es a m e e st h ec = - : - : T Vp r o g r a m m a public. Match the _u_nderlin_ed words in the text with their definitions. 1 one partor 'chapte/of a TV series p.plgode 2 talking in a friendlywd, .......... 3 describes a person who chooses carefully 4 not having something p e r s ow n h ok n o w s describe as 100% thai:3-=.- - l istrue .
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I agree. Youcan'tsaythat allTVis bad.lt'sasstupid as saying that all books aregood, or that all pop music is bad. Maybe a iot of TVis bad.Butthe ideaisto lookfor the goodprogrammes. I always read the TVguide anddecide what l'm interested in watching. lwatchmyfavourite programmes andI alsol11t somenew programmes too. I watchthem andthenI switch the TVoff joFike* 25 Feb2S13, L1:01 AM OK,I agree therearesomegoodprogrammes on TV.Butwe all knowthat the mostpopular programmes areawful.Unreal reality shows, boring footballmatches, stupidsoaps. That's why Turn OffTVWeekexists, andthat'swhy I likeit. lt tells people that thereare moreimportant thingsin life thanknowing what'shappening on BigBrother.

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Now matchthe adjectives to the correctrule. a adjectives withtwo syllables or more, use more/mast + the adjective

b one-syllable adjectives whichendin one vowel + oneconsonant, double the last consonant andadder c d e two-syllable adjectives ending iny, omity andaddler one-syllable adjectives, adder irregular adjectives wirhno setrule

4 Look at these words. They arewords which wefrequently use with comparative adjectives to modify them. a bit a lot far much slightly

Choose thecorrect alternative in these sentences. yourdictionary Use if necessary. 1 Watching IY isfarkbiy popular more asa hobby than writing poetry. (born'in 2 Elijah Wood 1981) ismuch/sliqhtly older than Kirsrin (born Dunst in 1982). For people, most watching football onfy isa lot/a b_ir more exciting than watching yoga. programme The lasted 60minutes. ttwas far/a bit.longer than normal, because they usually last 55minutes. SPEAKING Complete these sentences with a logical opinion. Then workwitha partner yoursentences. to compare 1 5.c..sf/p.tt_/-0hqno..sn !b_................ younqer a ror rhan

1 b Use the rules in 1ato writethecomparative and superlative formof these adjectives. I runny 2 good 3 boring 4 short
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5. SPEAKII{G Lookat BradPitt in these two photos. Make notes comparing hisappearance. Use these words for ideas. ' t '', &active b; funny good long "' d serious short strong young

Adjectives ending in - ingand- e d

1 Write the -lng or -edforms of thesewords. Useyour dictionaryif necessary.

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2 Choose thecorrect alternative. Then complete the rule. 1 When a filmis9.[Ci.te_d19rc.i.1j25., wefeel949:;z_; ; , ; 2 Wh ena situ atio n isftj7.h.tg.n.q.d/ffjS.h te ning,we i ee ' 3 When a book ish-o-fS.d/b.q.fi.n.S.,wefeel b_o-r.ed/b:,' ; feels wersptne Todescribe howsomehodv ending. 3 Compf etethe sentences with the -edor -ingform of the words. (surprise) 1 | was to hear that they've cancelled theseries. (embarrass) 2 lt was so...... when the .................. presenter forgot what to say. 6b Workwith a partner. Take it in turnsto compare thetwo photos. picture. He's a lotyounger in thesecond Yes, and his hairismuch longer! 7 Complete thequestions withthesuperlative formof the
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game 3 That new show isreally (confuse). I don't know what they have to do. 4 That filmmade mefeel really emotional. I was (move). 5 The dlrectors ofthenew show were very (disappoint) because notmany people watched it. people 6 Some think that classical music is (bore). 7 | think classical music isreally (relax).

your 1 Who is..........the..a.c.f.t actor from . .. (famous) country? (interesting) 2 What ts way to spend ........... ............. free time inyour opinion? (boring) 3 What is.........'.................... day oftheweek foryou? (funny) person 4 Who is.......................... intheclass? (happy) is...............-..-.person 5 Who youknow? _ (good) 6 What is................._........... part ofyour day? 8a SPtAKlile people Interview different in the class using the questions in 7. 8b Tell theclass some interesting answers thatyour gaveyou. classmates jumping Lucy thinks bungee isthemost interesting waytospend freetime!

4a SPEAl$lc Lookat these words. Thenmake notes withyouropinions. exams spiders sport watching documentaries parks theme

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4b Compare yourideas witha partner. I thinkexams arereallytiring. Yes, andsometimesthey make mefeel a bit frightened.

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