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1. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 ‘You’re really good at … in front of people, so why don’t you become a lecturer?’

‘No, I think I would rather be a director.’

A to speak

B speak

C to speaking

D speaking

2 ‘In my job, I can’t afford … a second when I hear that a news story is about to break.’

‘You must work well under pressure.’

A losing

B to lose

C to losing

D lose

3 … is all about getting a great story and telling the world about it.

A To broadcast

B Broadcast

C To broadcasting

D Broadcasting

4 If my employer agrees … me have a few days off, I’m going to go to a film festival in London.

A letting

B to letting

C lets

D to let

5 It’s quite easy … the footage back to the station using a satellite truck.

A to beam

B beam

C beaming

D to beaming

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6 A man whose home had been flooded asked me … and see the damage that had been done.

A come

B coming

C to come

D comes

7 The crew’s job involves … to where the incident is taking place and investigating it.

A going

B to going

C go

D to go

8 Faye White encouraged her team mates … on winning the match.

A concentrate

B concentrates

C concentrating

D to concentrate

9 ‘My editor advised me … an outline before beginning my report.’

‘I was going to suggest that to you as well.’

A to write

B to writing

C writes

D write

10 Before … the actress, he worked out exactly what he was going to ask her.

A interview

B to interviewing

C interviewing

D to interview

11 My sister is responsible for … footage and seeing if it can be used on the news programme.

A watch

B watching

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C to watch

D to watching

12 The woman apologised for … so upset during the news bulletin.

A to be

B be

C being

D to being

Marks / 12

2. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 I can’t stand … the news on TV; I’d rather get my information off the internet.

A to watch

B watch

C to watching

D watching

2 It’s worth … a degree if you want a job in journalism.

A getting

B gets

C get

D to get

3 We congratulated the crew on … such a good job investigating the incident.

A do

B does

C doing

D to do

4 ‘Sheila can’t wait … Johnny Depp.’

‘She has such a great job; I’m jealous!’

A interview

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B to interview

C interviewing

D interviews

5 He went to the flooded area in order … exactly what had happened.

A to see

B see

C seeing

D sees

6 ‘Did your sister have the chance … the article that I wrote?’

‘I’m not sure. I’ll ask her this evening.’

A reading

B to read

C reads

D to reading

7 The reporter went on … for too long and the bulletin ran out of time.

A to talk

B talking

C talk

D talks

8 ‘Do you remember … TV when you were little?’

‘Of course. There were some great programmes on back then.’

A watching

B to watch

C watch

D to watching

9 We asked him why he had forgotten … the witness where he had been when the fire had broken

out.

A to ask

B asking

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C to asking

D ask

10 ‘There’s no point … with the director.’

‘That’s for sure. He is very stubborn.’

A to arguing

B in arguing

C for to argue

D to argue

11 ‘Did you stop ....... in order to watch the breaking news story?’

‘No. Unfortunately, I was far too busy.’

A to work

B the working

C works

D working

12 ‘Mum regretted not ....... on the eight o’clock news.’

‘Really? She didn’t miss much.’

A to turn

B turning

C turn

D turns

Marks / 12

3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first

sentence using the word given.

1 Dad was just about to go to bed when he heard the news.

Dad was ………………………….. to bed when he heard the news.

POINT

2 They weren’t planning to show a news bulletin at eight o’clock.

They had ………………………….. a news bulletin at eight o’clock.

INTENTION

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3 It’ll be great when I eventually become a journalist.

I ………………………….. a journalist. WAIT

4 ‘You really should go back to university.’

‘She ………………………….. go back to university.’

PERSUADE

5 Because of the stormy weather we couldn’t get to the cottage.

The stormy weather ………………………….. to the cottage.

PREVENTED

6 Don’t try to persuade the editor to broadcast the story; he never listens.

It’s ………………………….. to persuade the editor to broadcast the story; he never listens.

NO

7 The reporter found out about foreign news stories by going abroad to Europe.

The reporter went abroad to Europe so ………………………….. about foreign news stories.

AS

8 The detective thought the husband had killed his wife.

The detective ………………………….. killing his wife. SUSPECTED

Marks / 8

4. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 I can’t afford

to buy/buying

the camera I wanted for my journalism class.

2 I can’t wait

to seeing/to see

myself on the evening news later.

3 Are the children looking forward

to go/to going

to the studio with their dad on Saturday?

4 Aren’t you tired of

watching/watch

all the terrible news that’s on TV night after night?

5 After he finished

to write/writing

his article on the fire, he realised that he had made a mistake.

6 If I had the chance

going/to go

to any country in the world, I would go to Japan.

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7 The late night news programme with Jon Stewart is worth

watching/to watch

.

8 I didn’t have time

reading/to read

the news yesterday. Did anything exciting happen?

Marks / 8

Total Marks / 40