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2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR GRADE

W E E K E N D WO R KS H E E T 3 2 6
Name : Date : 15th May, 2020
Class : Due date : 18th May, 2020
A) Read the text below.

Audiences consume media texts to escape from their everyday lives. They choose entertaining
texts that allow them to divert their attention from the real world, perhaps by watching a
fantasy film like Harry Potter, or reading a fashion magazine like Vogue.
Some media texts are consumed by audiences when they want to be informed and educated.
Newspapers, news programmes and current affairs’ documentaries educate and inform, and
greatly influence the audiences’ ideas and opinions. Newspapers were the traditional way of
being up to date with what’s happening all around the world as they were widely distributed
in every neighbourhood. Unfortunately, in such a competitive time that is seeking profit, they
are no longer preferred. People started to be less interested in newspapers. Some of the
newspapers now have online pages so they continue to stay in business.
Some audiences like to watch or read media texts because they can compare their life
experiences with those represented in it. Audience pleasure comes from empathising and
identifying with characters or content represented in them. Soap operas or lifestyle magazines
can offer audiences this kind of enjoyment.

B) Read the text again and choose the correct answer.

1. Name one thing people do or choose in order to escape from everyday life.
a) Working hard
b) Daily routines
c) Media entertainment

2. What do we use media texts for?

a) To help us study
b) To use our phone
c) To be informed and educated

3. What is the biggest reason why newspapers are not preferred as much as
before?
a) People watch TV
b) Online newspapers
c) Not enough paper

4. Why do some people watch entertainment media?

a) To learn how to read
b) Educational purposes
c) Comparing their lives with those in the movies

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C) Read the text and choose the correct answer.

I work in an advertising agency. I love my job, but the problem is that my work is two
hours away from home. That has a/an 5) ___________ effect on one’s psychological
state.

I enjoy my work during the time I am there, but having to be on a bus for four hours a day
was really making me think of leaving my job.

The idea of having to leave my job made me really sad. I love all my colleagues and we
have great 6) ___________ . One day, I was 7) __________ that our company would
have a/an 8) ___________ and the new branch was going to open right next to my house.
Today is the submission date for all the 9) ___________ of those employees who would
like to be transferred to the new branch. Of course, my name will be the first on that list!

I am so happy I was patient and didn’t give up so easily. I would have regretted it so
much if I had decided to quit then realize that my company has 10) ___________ its
new branch right next to where I live. We should always be patient! That’s how goals are
achieved.

5. a) immense b) consumed c) profit

6.
a) operate b) harmony c) audience
7. a) competitive b) influence c) informed
8. a) mass media b) expansion c) traditional
9. a) applications b) widely c) images
10. a) magazine b) entertainment c) launched

D) Please visit the following link to login Scholastic Literacy Pro;

https://educator-slz03.scholasticlearningzone.com/
slz-portal/#/login3/TURQ9PT. Read the book
‘Cyberbullying’ (pages 24-48) and do the related exercises.