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THE MEDIA, TV AND NEWSPAPERS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

People who write for newspapers or periodicals are ...

a)

journalists

b)

writers

c)

reporters

2.

To transfer pages from a website on to your own computer

a)

upload

b)

download

c)

log on

3.

The international network linking millions of computers

a)

website

b)

the media

c)

the Internet

4.

Large-format quality newspapers

a)

broadsheets

b)

broadcasts

c)

tabloids

5.

An internet page created by a company, organisation or individual

a)

media

b)

website

c)

information

6.

Political, social and economic events that are happening now

a)

current affairs

b)

information overload

c)

coverage

7.

The amount of space or time given to an event in newspapers or on television

a)

the news

b)

coverage

c)

current affairs

8.

If you have cable television, you no longer need ..... on your roof.

a)

an aerial

b)

a screen

c)

a remote control

9.

You can't buy a video or television today without a ... . You never need to move from your sofa.

a)

aerial

b)

dish

c)

remote control

10.

I´m staying in tonight. There´s a ... on that I really want to watch.

a)

programme

b)

channel

c)

cable

11.

Is there anything worth watching on the telly tonight?- No, it´s all ... again. Why can´t they make some new programmes for a change?

a)

repeats

b)

viewers

c)

aerial

12.

Which ... is your favourite programme on?

a)

episode

b)

channel

c)

screen

13.

I love watching ... about MacDonald´s. It makes me hungry.

a)

programmes

b)

episodes

c)

adverts

14.

I love game shows and there is a programme in which they push the ... into a swimming pool if they give the wrong answers.

a)

contestants

b)

presenters

c)

viewers

15.

A series has the same characters, but a different story in each ...

a)

channel

b)

episode

c)

interview

16.

The paper that is sold throughout the country is the national paper.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A paper containing sensational stories about the private lives of rich and famous people

a)

tabloid

b)

local paper

c)

broadsheet

18.

The person who decides what goes in a newspaper or magazine.

a)

editor

b)

columnist

c)

proprietor

19.

The daily paper is a paper that you can buy every morning

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The local paper is sold throughout the country

a)

True

b)

False