Choose the correct word or phrase:

People play cricket/the cricket in Sauth Africa, Australia and Sri Lanka.

It's too far to walk so I think I will catch bus/the bus

Jane had to go home from school because she had a headache/the headache

The robber was sent to prison/the prison

My cousin works as a waiter/waiter

The underground doesn't run this late so we'll have to take a taxi/the taxi

I like to listen to music/the music

My favourite subject is chemistry/the chemistry

Jazz music appeared in America in 1920s/in the 1920s

Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 The clothes you bought me for my birthday (be) wonderful!

My new jeans. (be) in the wash and I wanted to wear them tonight.

The luggage on a plane (take) up a lot of room.

It turned out that the information we had received (be) wrong.

Your hair.. (look) really nice and shiny.

I could tell by the look on her face that the news (not/be) good.

If you have..... time at the end of the exam, check your answers.

Give me ...... minutes and I'll be ready.

We've only got............ milk left so get some when you go shopping.

Just.... practice every day and you'll soon be able to play the piano.

Sprinkle...... sugar on the strawberries.

I suppose now I'm 43, I have.... hope of playing football for England.

Becoming an astronaut is so demanding that..... people manage it.

Many people feel there's............ point in voting, even in a general election.

How ...... information do we have at the moment?

Only a ......print journalists manage to move into television.

The programme usually....on at half past eight.

The tabloids completely.......that story about Bruce Willis. It's not true at all!

I saw the interview while I was............

through a magazine at the hairdresser's.

They mentioned it in the article but they didn't..........into detail.

There was a guy in the street ____out free tickets to that new quiz show.

I'd like everyone here to ____forward as many suggestions as possible.

There's a great talk/quiz/game show on BBC1 tonight. Contestants have to race through a supermarket as quickly as they can, filling up their trolleys as they go.

On some TV channels, an announcer / a commentator tells you what the next programme is going to be.

As a journalist/columnist for a local paper, you don't have to interview people or attend events. You just have to express your opinions about the issues of the day.

I hate tabloid/broadsheet newspapers; they're just full of gossip, scandal and lies!

It's a great computer programme/program once you get the hang of it.

The involve print journalism, TV, radio and even electronic forms of communication such as the Internet.

And we'll be back with our regular ____at seven o'clock.

We interrupt this programme to bring you an urgent ____