Thursday, February 20, 2025

Progress check

 Read 1–14 and evaluate your learning in Unit 9. Give yourself a mark from 1 to 3. How can you improve?

I can't do this.    2 I have some problems with this.    3 I can do this well.

A  In the news

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 1Give at least three criteria editors use to choose news stories.

I can understand a text about how news stories are chosen.

  • 2What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet newspapers?

I can use a variety of nouns to talk about the press.

  • 3Which of the nouns below collocate with the verb investigate?

    Which ones collocate with the verb gather?

    ■ information  ■ a story  ■ a crime  ■ evidence

I can use verb + noun collocations to talk about the media.

B  Multitasking

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 4Rewrite the statements below as reported speech.

    1'We are doing a survey.'They said ......................

    2'I have lost my smartphone.'She said ......................

I can use reported speech.

  • 5Complete the sentences with the correct form of say or tell.

    1She ..................... them that she'd buy the tickets.

    2He ..................... that he didn't know the answer.

I can use say and tell to introduce reported speech.

C  Behind the scenes

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 6Give three different ways someone making a film could create a crowd scene.

I can understand a radio programme about special effects in films.

  • 7Is the following statement true or false?

    'In order to understand the main idea of a conversation, talk or radio programme, you need to understand every word you hear.'

I can identify the main ideas when listening.

  • 8What is the difference between

    ascript and plot?

    bcast and crew?

    cscene and film set?

I can talk about the different things or people needed to make a film.

  • 9How would you give news to a friend about a famous person visiting your school? How would you respond to bad news?

I can give and react to good and bad news.

D  The BBC story

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 10What is the BBC? Why is it popular?

I can understand a text about the history of an organization.

  • 11Name five different types of TV programme.

I can talk about different types of TV programme.

  • 12Complete the sentences. When do we use rising and falling intonation with question tags?

    Daniel Craig is a good actor, 1..................... he?

    She didn't tell you, 2..................... she?

I can use question tags to ask for confirmation or agreement.

E  A review of a TV programme

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

  • 13Give three ways of ending a TV programme review.

I can end a TV programme review in an interesting or memorable way.

  • 14Name two negative and three positive adjectives you can use to describe a TV programme.

I can use a variety of adjectives to describe a TV programme.

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