Unit 8: The media - Phrases and collocation

It's not always easy to ... the difference between fact and opinion

• make

• do

• tell

• say

The debate will ... place tonight

• be

• have

• take

• make

In my ..., freedom of the press must be maintained.

• mind

• view

• sight

• thought

Media mogul Ronal Morduck has ... control of another tabloid.

• made

• found

• given

• taken

They ... a description of the robber on Crime time and it sounded like you!

• made

• told

• said

• gave

J.K Rowling has ... an enormous influence on children's literature.

• had

• given

• done

• set

I could spend hours ... the Internet

• surfing

• sailing

• driving

• swimming

They said ... the news that the price of petrol is going up again.

• from

• in

• on

• at

The issue ... the questions is more complex than you think.

• from

• in

• on

• at

Watch ... for words like 'so-called' in articles as they express the writer's bias.

• about

• around

• over

• out