Unit 7B. Grammar

The mass media are ____ of communication, such as books, newspapers, recordings, radio, movies, television, mobile phones and the Internet.

1. models. 
2. means
3. parts   
4. types

TV companies ____ their programmes across the country or even across the world.

1. broadcast 
2. refresh
3. connect     
4. publish

While a sports match has spectators and radio has listeners, television has ____.

1. audience 
2. witnesses
3. viewers 
4. commentators

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

1. online
2. daily
3. tabloid 
4. rubbish

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

1. talk 
2. game
3. quiz
4. live

He ____ the umbrella in his right hand trying to keep his balance.

1. hold 
2. held
3. has been holding
4. has held

When I met Walters about two years before his death he didn't seem satisfied. He ____ no major book since he settled in Uganda.

1. has published 
2. could have published
3. published   
4. had published

Throughout the campaign we ____ our candidate's photographs on the walls of public buildings, hoping to attract women's votes

1. have been hanging
2. hanged
3. hung
4. have hung

Many of the people who attended Major Gordon's funeral ____ him for many years.

1. didn't see 
2. wouldn't see
3. haven't seen 
4. hadn't seen

Seeing Peter's handwriting on the envelope, she ____ the letter without reading it. She has not mentioned it ever since.

1. was tearing
2. tore
3. had torn
4. has torn

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Each form of mass media has an important impact on society.

1. influence 
2. pressure
3. affection 
4. role

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

The programme invited viewers to write in with their ideas.

1. people who watch the programme
2. people who sponsor the programme
3. people who produce the programme
4. people who edit the programme

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Journalists can make mistakes, so don't believe everything you read in the press.

1. publications
2. news bulletins
3. reference books
4. newspapers and magazines

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Face-to-face socializing is not as preferred as virtual socializing among the youth.

1. Direct
2. Facial
3. Available
4. Instant

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

She thinks that unfortunately they may not understand the benefits of online information.

1. advantages 
2. points
3. features
4. amounts