VOCABULARY
1 a) Guess and match.
1 A reporter...
2 A driver...
3 A correspondent ...
4 A secretary ...
5 A compositor ...
6 A news editor ...
a makes the newspaper pages
b types the messages.
c chooses the best stories.
d interviews people.
e sends stories through the phone
and e-mail.
f delivers newspapers to shops..
1. Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?
2. Air consists mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.
3. He is listening to a tape, but he is wearing earphones so nobody else hears it.
4. This coffee tastes bitter.
5. Why are you smelling the milk? Does it smell sour?
6. These shoes belong to you.
7. George says he's 80 years old but nobody believes him.
8. Who is that man? What does he want?
9. Who is that man? Why is he looking at us?
10. She is tasting the pudding.
11. Do you know the girl who lives next door?
12. Don't put the dictionary away. I need it.
13. Don't put the dictionary away. I am using it.
14. The director is seeing the applicants this morning.
15. She sees that the situation is out of control.
16. He has a Siamese cat.
17. Anna is Italian. She comes from Italy.
18. Joan weighs 50 kilos...
19. Mary is being very naughty these days.
20. Are you enjoying the party?
3. Is Mike's hair long? Yes, it is quite long.
4. Are your parents old? Not really, they're middle-aged.
5. Is your sister popular (beautiful)? Yes, all the boys want to go out with her.
6. Why is Sara thin? She has been very ill.
7. What does your friend look like? She’s tall and pretty, with long dark hair.
8. Does your girl-friend have special features? No, nothing special, just an ordinary face. Oh, she has got piercing on her right eyebrow.
9. What colour eyes does your friend have? Oh, I don’t know really. I think blue.