Whats on the box

Activities
Warm-up
Speaking
Listening
Writing
Reading
Homework

Unscramble the words:
s,n,e,w
i,m,s,c,u,
i,m,f,l
o,t,n,o,a,c,r,
s,i,e,r,s,e,
t,m,I,o,c,s,
z,q,I,u,
News
Music
Film
Cartoon
Series
Sitcom
Quiz

The types of TV programmers
Phone – in
Game show/quiz
Soap opera
Show
Cartoon
Series
Movie
film
The news
Wildlife programme
Music show
Documentary

TV in Britain
Over 99 per cent of British homes have a TV and the average person watches “the box” 26 hours a week.
There are 4 TV channels in Britain: BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4.
BBC1 and BBC2, the two state channels, do not show adverts.
ITV and Cannel 4, the two independent channels, do show adverts.
Only 8 per cent of British homes subscribe to satellite or cable TV.

The TV guide

Phone – in
Game show
Show
Soap opera
Cartoon
Sitcom
Series
Movie/film
The news
Wildlife programme
Documentary
Music show
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Greed
Food and Drink
Residents
Cinderella
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It could happen to you
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Mountain Men
Politics Isn’t Working
The National Lottery Stars

Listening
Say which programme the family have decided to watch tonight.

Fill in the chart using :
+ for the programmes people prefer
-for the programmes people don’t want to see

The effects of television

Reading
Many people now spend more time watching TV than doing anything else.
Researchers in the USA have estimated that when most students leave school they have spent 11,000 hours in the classroom and 22,000 hours watching television.
But what effect does this have?