Exercise 1: Put sentences A-H in the right order. Then read them aloud.

A. It keeps children from taking part in outdoor activities.

B. Television has its good side.

C. It's educational.

D. They also learn how to make things by themselves.

E. It opens up new worlds for children.

F. They learn about different lands and different people.

G. It's bad for their eyes. too.

H. However, watching too much TV is bad.

Answer:

The right order is: B - C - E - F - D - H - A - G

Exercise 2: Read the sentences In 1 and answer the questions.

1. Why is television good? 

2. What do children learn from TV? 

3. What part of the body does watching too much TV harm? 

4. What does watching too much TV keep children from? 

5. Do you think "Television: A Wonderful Invention" is a good title for this passage? 

Answer:

1. Because it's educational. It opens up new worlds for children.

2. They learn about different lands and different people. They also learn how to make things by themselves.

3. Watching too much tv will hurts your eyes

4. Watching too much TV keep children from taking part in outdoor activities.

5. No, i don't think.

Exercise 3: Read some cool facts about television and tick (✓) T (True), F (False), or NI (No Information) for statements 1- 5.

• Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of television, did not allow his children to watch TV. Early television was in black and white. In 1969, when man first walked on the Moon, over 600 million people watched the programme.
• In 2005. Suresh Joachim - a man from Sri Lanka - did a long non-stop TV watching: 69 hours. 

1. Philo Farnsworth has two children.

2. When television first started, it was not in colour.

3. Man first walked on the Moon 69 years ago.

4. A man from Sri Lanka watched TV for 69 hours without stopping.

5. The man in Sri Lanka was watching a comedy. 

Answer: