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Media
11.1 Extreme streaming p106 Exercise 6
ANSWER
Exercise 1a Elena told Lucas he looked tired and asked him if he was
ANSWERS OK. Lucas said that he hadn’t had/got much sleep the
1 d  ​2 c  ​3 b  ​4 e  ​5 f  ​6 a previous night. Elena asked if he had been/gone out. Lucas
said that he had been watching Sherlock and that he had
Exercise 1b ended up watching all the episodes back to back. Elena
POSSIBLE ANSWERS asked if she could borrow the DVD some time and Lucas
documentary, cartoon, holiday/travel programme, said he would bring it in for her the next/following day.
makeover programme, chat show, docudrama (= a film
or TV programme based on real events), soap/soap opera GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS
(= a long-running series about the fictional lives of a
group of people), reality TV, Nordic noir (= crime drama Exercise 1
set in Scandinavian countries) 1 She said (that) she’s/was from Washington.
2 He says there are too many commercial breaks on TV.
Exercise 2 3 Harold told me/us (that) he is/was going to Moscow
POSSIBLE ANSWERS next week.
1 Watching several episodes of a show at a time; 91% of 4 Jasmina says (that) her plane has been delayed.
viewers do this. 5 Vera says (that) she’ll call me/us later.
2 They feel social pressure to be up to date; for some 6 Karen said (that) she’s/was going to be late for work
people it makes it easier to follow the story. tomorrow.
3 Two-thirds of respondents don’t have a negative 7 Charles wants to know what time the film starts.
attitude towards it. Last year two-thirds did have a 8 Milos asked me if I’d/’ll help him later.
negative attitude towards it, so attitudes have become 9 She wanted to know how long I’d/’ve worked here.
more positive. 10 Renata is asking what I’m going to say to him.
4 People watch more actively and more critically.
Exercise 2
Exercise 3 1 She asked him where he was from., He said he was
originally from Texas.
ANSWERS
2 She asked him if he’d always wanted to be an actor., He
1 transformed said he’d wanted to be an actor for as long as he could
2 complex remember.
3 back to back 3 She wanted to know if acting was his only job., He said
4 indicate he’d been a full-time actor for about five years now.
5 survey 4 She wondered what kind of roles he preferred., He said
6 enables … commercial breaks he was happy to play all different kinds of roles.
Exercise 5 5 She wondered where he saw himself in five years’ time,
He said in five years’ time he’d be a household name.
ANSWERS
1 …91% said they frequently binge-watched …
… 40% said that they had binge-watched a show the 11.2 Positive news p108
previous week.
… respondents said it was because they felt social Exercise 2b
pressure to … ANSWERS
2 Some said watching several episodes back to back Reading about other people’s suffering makes us feel
makes it easier to follow the … better about our own lives.
3 Grant McCracken … says we watch TV differently now. We are so used to reading/hearing about bad news we
He says that younger viewers, especially, watch more want more and more of it.
critically …
4 … 40% said they had binge-watched a show the Exercise 3a
previous week. ANSWERS
5 When asked why they binge-watched … Adjectives for positive news: inspiring, encouraging,
6 When respondents were asked whether they thought uplifting
binge-viewing was a negative thing … Positive news topics: medical breakthroughs, peace
agreements, environmental campaigns
Adjectives for negative news: disturbing, depressing
Negative news topics: conflict, violence, economic crisis,
unfortunate death, suffering

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 Exercise 3b Exercise 11a
ANSWERS ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 11.3
1 positive words with /ə/: admit, announce, assure, confirm,
2 negative persuade
3 positive for some, negative for others words with /ɪ/: deny, inform, invite, refuse, remind, report
4 positive
5 negative Exercise 11c
ANSWERS
Exercise 3c 1 remind 4 admit
ANSWERS 2 deny 5 assure
Positive news topics: cure, victory, survival 3 refuse 6 invite
Negative news topics: armed, wounded, shooting
Exercise 11d
Exercise 6 ANSWERS
ANSWERS 1 She reminded me to email him.
1 odd-shaped fruit 2 He denied copying her essay. / He denied that he had
2 ugly and standard, tasted exactly the same copied her essay.
3 be easy to 3 She refused to eat it.
4 endangered species 4 He admitted driving carelessly. / He admitted that he
5 them that they had found had driven/been driving carelessly.
6 being honest, acting 5 She assured me she wouldn’t be late.
6 He invited me to go to the concert with him.
Exercise 7
ANSWERS
Exercise 12
a refuse e denied ANSWERS
b admitted f praised Student A
c warned g assured 1 claim 5 explained
d invited h inform 2 announced 6 added
3 breakthrough 7 admitted
Exercise 8 4 wounds
ANSWERS Student B
1 admit, warn 4 invite 1 discovery 4 admitted
2 assure, inform 5 deny 2 confirmed 5 promised
3 refuse 6 praise 3 added 6 economic
Exercise 9a
ANSWERS/AUDIOSCRIPT 11.2 GRAMMAR REFERENCE ANSWERS
1 The supermarket has announced it will continue the Exercise 1
campaign. announce = 1 1 suggested 5 insisted
2 The supermarket claims that the campaign was a 2 persuaded 6 admitted
success. claim = 1 3 reassured 7 predicted
3 The teenagers pointed out that the cash wasn’t actually 4 reminded 8 warned
theirs. point out = 1 Exercise 2
4 Hunters reported seeing an unusual monkey in the 1 She reminded me to watch the news this evening.
area. report = 5 2 He promised to pay me back tomorrow./He promised
(that) he would pay me back tomorrow.
Exercise 10b 3 Maya apologized for missing the meeting.
ANSWERS 4 Magda refused to do it.
a 4 She refuses to read that paper because it’s full of 5 Diana has offered to have a look at my computer.
rubbish. 6 She assured me (that) the tickets would arrive in time.
b 3 He pointed out that someone had left their bag on 7 Dina tried to convince me (that) I should do it./Dina
the seat. tried to convince me to do it.
c 2 She assured me that the fruit juice tasted delicious 8 Yvette completely denies telling anyone about it.
despite its odd colour. Exercise 3
d 5 The bank agreed to give me a loan. 1 US entertainer Rush Limbaugh claimed (that) he never
e 1 He praised me for acting responsibly. turned on the news over the weekend.
2 Pop singer Morrissey once suggested (that) there was
no such thing as good news in America.
3 Albert Einstein once admitted (that) he never thought
about the future.

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 11.3 Vocabulary and skills Exercise 9
development p110 ANSWERS
-al: global, typical, ideal, viral, social, commercial
Exercise 3a -able: scannable, manageable, shareable
-ive: attractive
ANSWERS
-ant: constant
1 c (multi-word object)
2 b (relative clause) Exercise 10
3 a (past participle)
ANSWERS
4 a (past participle)
5 a (present participle) 1 Luke: online news on his mobile device
Rosie: TV
Exercise 3b 2 Luke: several times – ten, fifteen or more
Rosie: occasionally
ANSWERS
3 Luke: No
1, 2
Rosie: Yes
subject: the media industry
4 Luke: serious news sites and informal ones
verb: watched
Rosie: local and regional news relevant to her life and
object: the rise of BuzzFeed
work; celebrity gossip
4, 5, 3
subject: the listicle Exercise 11a
verb: appears
ANSWERS
object: in a number of websites
1 f  ​2 e  ​3 a  ​4 b  ​5 c  ​6 g  ​7 h  ​8 d
Exercise 4
Exercise 11b
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
ANSWERS
1 It attracted 130 million unique users in 2014.
2 They think they lower the quality of journalism. -al: actual, mental
-able: unmanageable, reliable
Exercise 5 -ive: addictive, objective, informative
-ant: relevant
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1 Because they snack on news, i.e. read it quickly and
often. 11.4 Speaking and writing p112
2 They simplify complex information and tell you how
many ideas they are going to contain. Exercise 2
3 Because lots of people read them. This is what ANSWERS
advertisers are most interested in, so they will pay news 1 40: she lost her birth certificate 40 years ago
companies to place adverts in listicles. 55: she has 55 great-great grandchildren
73: she has 73 great grandchildren
Exercise 6
127: she claims that she is 127 years old
ANSWERS 2 59: the diving suit weighed around 59 kilos
1 past participle 1940s: the diving suit was from the 1940s
2 long subject 6: he took 6 days to do the marathon
3 long object 5 million: he has raised in the region of £5 million for
4 relative clause charity
1 subject: a survey
verb: found Exercise 3b
object: news reading has been replaced by ‘news ANSWERS
snacking’ 1 apparently 5 around
2 subject: people 2 According 6 supposedly
verb: check 3 something 7 other
object: news (frequently) 4 thing, is 8 What’s, about
3 subject: you
verb: have Exercise 4b
object: no way of knowing … ANSWERS
4 subject: listicles a 1, 2, 6
verb: shared b 4, 8
object: social media c 3, 5, 7

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 Exercise 5 Exercise 4
ANSWERS 1 a  2 e  3 b  4 a  5 b
a 1 … or so they say.
3 They reckon …
b 4 Personally I find it … Review p115
c 2 Somewhere in the region of …
ANSWERS
5 …, something like that
Exercise 2a
Exercise 8
1 She pointed out that my shoelaces were undone.
ANSWERS 2 He admitted he had cheated/cheating in the exam.
1 She/He agrees with the statement. 3 She promised that she wouldn’t tell anyone/not to tell
2 Students’ own answers anyone.
3 1: introduce the topic, 2: present arguments against 4 He reminded me to take my pills.
the statement, 3: present arguments for the statement, 5 She denied she had read my diary/reading my diary.
4: give personal opinion
4 indirect style, use of longer words, impersonal Exercise 3a
sentences, etc. 1 current affairs
2 news analysis
Exercise 9 3 home improvement programme
ANSWERS 4 match highlights
Formal features: passive sentences, longer linkers, 5 drama series
complex sentences, impersonal sentences, semi-colons 6 celebrity chef
Informal features: contractions, colloquial language, 7 TV commercial
simple linkers, abbreviations, dashes
Exercise 4a
Exercise 10 1 conflict 4 disturbing
2 suffer 5 encouraging
ANSWERS 3 armed 6 breakthrough
a what is popular
b transformed Exercise 5a
c Furthermore 1 manageable  
d An additional benefit of online news reporting … 2 addictive  
which means that … ​3 viral  
e It should also be remembered that … ​4 reliable, objective
f We have a more varied choice of news sources than
ever before; we are no longer limited … Exercise 6a
1 From  ​2 to  ​3 What’s  ​4 like  ​5 or other
Exercise 11
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
1 Nowadays, newspapers are extremely expensive.
2 It is often thought that printed newspapers will not
survive for much longer.
3 A large amount of information on the internet is
unreliable.

11.5 Video p114

VIDEO ANSWERS

Exercise 1
1 tabloid
2 ornate
3 circulation
4 exaggerated
5 social media site

Exercise 2
exaggerated, ornate, social media site, tabloid

Exercise 3
1 used to be 4 rats
2 under two million 5 The Sun
3 use Facebook

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