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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.1 - TV Globetrotters for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Find and correct one mistake in each sentence.

Answer

  1. I watch very few sports programmes.
  2. Every programme has / All (the) programmes have a commercial break every ten minutes.
  3. The weekend schedules usually include a few / several talent shows, at least three or four.
  4. I like every programme / all programmes / any programme about hospitals or emergencies.
  5. I once spent quite a few days watching a box set of the series 24
  6. I think a great deal / a lot / lots of TV has been dumbed down.
  7. We have plenty of detective shows; we don't need more.
  8. I think a little / some news is OK but not 24-hour news non-stop.