Писала как для себя, не знаю уж какие у тебя предпочтения)
1. I watch TV not more than one time a week.
2. My favourite programs are talk shows and documentaries.
3. My favourite channel is Discovery.
4. People often call TV "the window on the world" because it shows us different programs about travelling all over the world, TV gives us a chance to see people from different countries without leaving home.
5. I agree that television has the power to educate, but this power can works only when a person wants to educate. People should watch educational programmes to get benefit.
6. Commercial are annoying, but I understand, that TV can't exist without them. It's the main source of TV channels' income.
7. I think that there's not so much violence on TV. The world consists of violence. We should understand it and accept it.
8. I don't believe that violence on TV may turn people into criminals. Every mentally healthy person won't do anything like that even if he saw something violent on TV, it would disgust him. If a person isn't mentally healthy he will do it anyway. Anything can be source of his ideas.
9. I use TV intelligently, I watch it not so often and only for self-education.
Упражнение 1. Complete the pairs of sentences. Use the Present Perfect in one sentence and the Past Simple in the other.
I (have known) her for six years.
I (knew) him when I was at school.
He (lived) in Paris from 1997 to 2000.
He (has lived) in New York since 2001.
Where's Pete? I (have not seen) him for ages.
I (did not see) Pete last night.
We (were) at primary school from 1993 to 1998.
We (have been) in this class since September.
I (have not watched) this video yet.
I (did not watch) a video at the weekend.
Упражнение 2. Choose the correct verb form (Past Simple or Past Continuous) to complete the sentences.
The film was rubbish, so we left the cinema and went to the cybercafé.
I didn’t like the program we were watching, so I turned off the TV.
Dave rang me while I was doing my homework.
As I was falling asleep, I heard a strange noise.
I dropped my keys while I was running for the bus.
The competition judges didn’t know whose food they were tasting.
Упражнение 3. Выберите правильную форму страдательного залога
1) This book (republish) by the end of September.
will have been republished
2) The doctor said that Tommy`s leg (X-rayed) the following day.
would be X-rayed
3) A police car came when the injured man (carry off) the road.
was being carried off
4) I (bear) in a small Russian town not far from Samara.
was born
5) The thief (arrest) late last night.
was arrested
6) The announcement (make) tomorrow.
will be made
7) Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I (be) Charles Trump.
am
8) I (report) from BBC news headquarters.
am reporting
9) Earlier this evening an earthquake hit Cairo, Egypt. Many people (kill);
are killed
10) many more (injure)
are injured
11) and much of the city (destroy).
is destroyed
