Advance 1

1. DISCOVER THE GRAMMAR

I. Read the article. Underline the modals and the

verbs that follow

TV LITERACY
The average U.S. teenagers might watch as many

as 18.000 hours of TV by the time he or she

graduates. You may think that anyone who

watches this much TV has got to understand how

it works. However, most of us (not just teenagers)

can’t recognize many of the messages TV is

sending. For this reason, many experts think that everyone should become “TV

literate.” People who are television literate are able to understand how TV

messages influence an audience. They don’t have to believe everything they

see on the tube. Here are some things you ought to know about television

• TV networks have to make money by selling time to advertisers. This fact

influences all commercials TV. A drama writer, for example, may avoid

topics that could embarrass the advisers sponsoring the program.

• TV’s world is not real, this might sound obvious, but you ought to remind

yourself, often of this fact. After all, when you see something, you feel that it

must be the real thing. You’ve got to remember that the cereal commercial
 uses white glue, not milk, so cereal doesn’t get soggy the way it does in real

life.

• TV uses specific techniques and you can learn to identify them. Lighting,

camera angles, and music have got to the ability to make things seem

beautiful, frightening, or funny. They can also make you feel that you must

buy a certain product.

Get literate, and you’ll be able to enjoy TV, without being its victim

II. Put the underlined verbs (modal + Verb) into the

correct categories

Abilities Advice Necessity

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Future Possibility Assumptions

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