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a-z a-z Vocabulary 2

Prepositions
1 Complete the sentences with about, between, for, in, of, on, over or towards. Which sentence can use
two prepositions?
1 Excuse me, Mr President, but would you like to comment the latest workers’ strike?
2 The use commercials on TV to sell things to children should be stopped.
3 There’s no comparison traditional books and e-books; traditional books are better!
4 Do you really think TV pollutes people’s minds? Your attitude this form of media surprises me.
5 There has been a decrease the sale of CDs because now many people download music from
the Net.
6 Our editor has a preference articles that tell both sides of a story.
7 If you’re looking for information careers in radio, try this website.
8 Print magazines have an advantage e-zines because you don’t need a device to read them.

Collocations & Expressions

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of these words.
be in the public eye be on the big screen go viral
have a lot of hits make a name for yourself make the headlines
1 Many stars don’t like being watched all the time. They aren’t keen on
every minute of the day.
2 The story about the singer’s car crash yesterday. It’s on the front
page of every newspaper in Britain.
3 Ken liked being a TV actor, but since he appeared in his first film he loves
even more.
4 How many people have to ‘like’ an online video before it ?
5 A person should go to Hollywood if they really want to in the acting
business.
6 Wow! Our video . Yesterday it had a thousand and today it has
twice as many!

Word Formation

3 Complete the table.
Verb Noun
1 publication
subscribe 2

3 requirement
replace 4
5 reception
6 involvement

4 Now complete the sentences with some of the words from 3.
1 Being a correspondent will you to travel and report from dangerous countries.
2 My sister says that Cosmopolitan magazine is the best-selling in the UK.
3 There’s something wrong with the on my TV. The picture’s terrible.
4 I didn’t want to the editor in our argument over the story, but I really don’t think
I’ve got a choice.
5 It is believed that e-books will printed books one day.
6 Dad’s got a(n) to a newspaper. It doesn’t cost him much and it’s delivered to the door every
morning.
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