to interview 1.

FILL IN THE GAPS WITH A WORD FROM THE BOX ON THE LEFT

to publish a. Printers message says Out of _______________.

b. The ______________ was waiting for the Minister an hour ago.
article
c. I bought a ______________ newspaper yesterday. Did you know about Angelinas
journalist
operation in order to avoid cancer?
headline d. Look! Is that person a celebrity? I dont recognize him but there is a
__________________ taking photos from the other side.
editor
e. Matas Prat is a well-known ___________________ in Spain.
paparazzi f. My friend, who is a ____________________________, was working in the opening of
tabloid the World Cup.
g. Although the ____________ was ready to _____________ before 8 p.m, she had to
press photographer
wait for her _____________.
newsreader h. The _________________ __________________ some presidents from different

paper political parties.

i. The __________________ was _______________ with a mistake in its
reporter
_________________.
newspaper

newsagent
2.Put the words from the box into the correct column. Some words can go in more than
one column.

Talk show Comics Documentary Sitcom Traffic report Tabloid Phone-in

Soap opera Current Affairs Programme
Weather forecast Quiz show Cartoon Reality show

Radio programmes TV programmes Magazines / Newspapers

3.Now match the different types of media to their definitions and check your answers in exercise 1.

________________ a programme ________________ a funny ________________ a television

about important political or social television programme that has the story about the ordinary lives of a
events that are happening now. same characters every week in a group of people.
different story.

________________ magazines ________________ a film or ________________ a newspaper

that tell stories using sets of television programme that gives that has small pages, a lot of
pictures. information about a subject. photographs, and not very much
serious news.

________________ a television or _____________ a radio or television ________ distribution of information

radio show on which people are programme in which you hear people about road conditions such as traffic
asked questions about asking questions and expressing their congestion, detours and traffic
themselves. opinions on the telephone. accidents, in near real-time.
EXERCISE 1

a. Paper
b. Reporter
c. Tabloid
d. Paparazzi
e. Newsreader
f. Press photographer
g. Newspaper / publish / editor
h. Journalist / interviewed
i. Article / printed / headline