Television: understanding and opinion

Curriculum topic

Grade

Grade 8

Subject

Английский язык

Term

2

Lesson

№ 25

Learning objectives

• 8.2.6.1infer meaning from context in long conversations on most general and academic topics with little support
• 8.3.3.1give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Sample questions

1. 1
   Anna says: "I'd rather read a book than watch another reality show." What does she mean?

   She prefers reading to watching reality TV. She thinks books are harder than TV shows. She wants to take part in a reality show. She watches reality shows every evening.
2. 2
   "The documentary was so gripping that nobody left the room during the break." What does "gripping" mean here?

   full of long advertisements rather boring and rather slow very difficult to understand very exciting and holding attention
3. 3
   "Marat switched off the comedy after five minutes and sighed." What can we infer about Marat?

   He could not find the remote control. He did not find the comedy funny. He had already seen this comedy. He wanted to watch the news instead.