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LAST
NIGHT’S TV
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1 Warm up
Match these types of TV shows with the titles and descriptions.
Group 1
documentary drama news sitcom

1. (situation comedy) Family Dinner: another visit to the Hobbs home, where dinner
time is always full of surprises. This week, Grandma forgets her glasses.
2. Dragon Tales: the prince finds out that Fawn is really his sister while, in the south,
the dragons are planning to fight against the king.
3. Killer Dinosaurs: find out how dinosaurs used teeth, claws, and super speed to
catch and kill their food.
4. Timeline: All the latest political events, as well as an investigation into organized
crime and an update on the weather.
Group 2
game show makeover show talent show talk show

1. Sing my song: five teams of songwriters and singers perform for celebrity judges,
but only one team can win a record deal.
2. On the sofa with Tom: guests include movie star Roly Matthews, tennis player
Andi Pett, and politician Martha Lamb.
3. Dream Home: the team visits a small house where a family of seven live. Can
they make it bigger and better in just one week?
4. Know-it-all: four people compete to win a million dollars by answering questions
about history, art, sports, and science.

• Which of these types of shows are popular in your country?

• Which of these shows would you like to watch the most?

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2 Listening

Faye and Al are colleagues. Listen to them speaking during their coffee break at work and answer the
questions.

1. Which two shows did Faye and Al watch last night?

2. Do they agree about the first show?
3. Do they agree about the second show?

Choose the best form of the adjectives to complete the sentences. Listen again to check your ideas.

1. Well, to be honest, I thought it was a bit bored / boring.

2. Weren’t you excited / exciting when the dragons flew in and started fighting the king?
3. That was a bit surprised / surprising, I guess.
4. I got annoyed / annoying after about five minutes.
5. That’s always interested / interesting ...
6. ... although I often feel shocked / shocking by the changes they make to the houses.
7. I was amazed / amazing by the color they painted the kitchen.
8. What’s really confused / confusing is how they can do so much in just one week.

Now answer these questions.

1. Which adjectives from the exercise are positive?

2. Which are negative?

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3 Language point

Study the sentences and answer the questions.

adjectives with -ing endings

• Well, to be honest, I thought it was a bit boring.

• That was a bit surprising, I guess.
• That’s always interesting, ...
• What’s really confusing is how they can do so much in just one week.

1. What do adjectives with -ing endings describe: our feelings or something that makes us feel a
certain way?
2. What verbs do we use in these sentences?
3. What subjects do we use with these sentences?
4. What’s the spelling rule for making these verbs into adjectives: bore, surprise and confuse?

adjectives with -ed endings

• Weren’t you excited when the dragons flew in and started fighting the king?
• I got annoyed after about five minutes.
• ...although I often feel shocked by the changes they make to the houses.
• I was amazed by the color they painted the kitchen.

1. What do adjectives with -ed endings describe: our feelings or something that makes us feel a
certain way?
2. What verbs do we use in these sentences?
3. Which verb describes a change in our feelings?
4. Which verb describes our feelings when something happens more than once?
5. How many ways are there to pronounce the -ed endings?

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Look at the last two sentences in the -ed endings box. When we use these adjectives to talk about
our feelings, we can use prepositions to add information about what makes us feel this way.

Study the table.

+ about + by + in + of + with

annoyed amazed interested bored bored

confused shocked frightened

depressed surprised scared

excited

worried

Notes:
• There are two prepositions we can use with bored; both are correct.
• The situation adjective related to scared is scary (not scaring).

Check the meanings of any new words from the table with your teacher or in a dictionary.

4 Practice

Use the correct adjective forms of these verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes more than one
answer is possible.

amaze annoy bore confuse depress excite

frighten interest scare shock surprise worry

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1. I’m really in this artist. The colors in her paintings are .
3 4
2. I’m of snakes. The way they move is .
5
3. He’s getting about finding a new job. Applying for jobs day after day is
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.
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4. She was by how much her meal at that new restaurant cost. I didn’t think it was
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.
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5. Don’t you feel with going to the gym and doing the same exercise class every
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week? I think it’s more to try new activities.
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6. I’m really about this recipe. It’s so that it doesn’t explain
how long to bake the cake for.

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5 Speaking

You are going to give a mini-presentation, speaking for 45 seconds. Choose one of the three topics
below and make notes of the keywords you want to include.

Topics (choose one):

• my favorite TV show
• the last show I watched on TV
• a TV show that everyone’s talking about

You should include this information:

• what type of show it is, when it’s on TV, and what channel it’s on
• describe briefly what happens in the show: use at least one -ing adjective
• say how the show makes you feel: use at least one -ed adjective (+ preposition)
• say why you or other people want to watch the show

Practice your presentation in your head. Then deliver your presentation to a classmate who will listen
and ask one question.

Give yourself feedback about how you did:

My speaking: 0 not at all 1 ok 2 very good

I included all the

information from the
instructions

I spoke for 45
seconds

I spoke clearly and

without stopping or
pausing a lot

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6 Extra practice/homework

Choose the best option to complete the sentence. Add a preposition if you need to.

1. Listen! Did you hear that scared / scary sound? Do you think it’s a ghost?
2. I’m getting bored / boring housework! Can you help me clean the living room?
3. In my opinion, basketball is the most excited / exciting sport to watch.
4. My brother is really annoyed / annoying his team losing the football match.
5. She feels frightened / frightening the dark, so she always sleeps with the light on.
6. That was a really depressed / depressing movie. It made me cry.
7. The students in my class are interested / interesting American culture.
8. These instructions are really confused / confusing. I don’t know what to do next.
9. These prices are shocked / shocking! How can they charge 500 a night for a tiny hotel room?
10. Were you surprised / surprising my new haircut?

7 Optional extension

We often watch TV with family or friends. Match the sentences to make useful phrases for watching
TV together. What do the words in bold mean?

1. Commercials are so boring. a. Can we watch with the subtitles on?

2. This is a terrible show. b. Can you fast-forward 5 minutes?

3. We’ve seen this part already. c. Can you turn up the volume?

4. It’s time for my favorite show. d. Change the channel, please.

5. I don’t think we’ve seen this part yet. e. I don’t want to hear any spoilers, please.

6. I can’t understand what they’re saying. f. I’m going to check my phone while they’re
on.
7. I can’t hear anything! g. We need to rewind a bit.

8. I haven’t seen this show yet, so don’t tell me h. Where’s the remote control?
what happens at the end.

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