168 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-HillGrammar
- The original Mickey Mouse Club(seems, seem) almost foreign to viewers of today’s
show. - However, each show (presents, present) the popular styles of the day.
- Until the 1960s, a city (was given, were given) only four or five TV channels.
- Thirty years later, cable TV (brings, bring) many channels into your set.
- Entire channels (focuses, focus) on one subject.
- Experts (predicts, predict) 500-channel cable systems in the next few years.
- Television sets can (shows, show) more than just TV programs.
- The “Information Superhighway” (combines, combine) computer data, programs,
games, and communications.
Exercise 2 Underline the subject of each sentence. Then, choose the verb in
parentheses that agrees with the subject and write it in the blank.
Many individuals[ use television to view the news. (uses, use) - A television newscast[ relies on the efforts of many different persons.
(relies, rely) - The on-air newscasters[ are a small part of a large, mostly unseen team.
(is, are) - News programs[ begin with a producer. (begins, begin)
- The producer[ decides which stories to cover. (decides, decide)
- The assignment desk dispatcher[ sends reporters and video photographers to
different parts of the city. (sends, send) - News photographers[ carry video cameras to tape whatever stories they cover.
(carries, carry) - Back at the station, electronic news gathering (ENG) editors[ combine different
videotapes and scenes to tell a story. (combines, combine) - Each news tape[ lasts between twenty and ninety seconds. (lasts, last)
- Live newscasts[ are broadcast from a studio. (is, are)
- A typical studio[ has about thirty powerful spotlights. (has, have)