WF049 - Make Money From Being on TV - Word Formation

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Complete the text with the correct form of the word in brackets .


Make Money From Being on TV


You can make a career from (REAL) television. Some of these television programmes will pay for an (APPEAR) on their shows, others will reward the (WIN). Your (SUCCEED) depends on the (PERFORM) you make , because these shows are all about (ENTERTAIN). You may even get a chance to appear on other shows. One star of Castaway, for example, has a regular job in a big London (MUSIC).


However, there are (ADVANTAGE) too. In a programme like Pop Idol you have to beat the other (COMPETE) and in shows like Big Brother, the (PRODUCE) will be filming you around the clock. At some stage you will probably be saying something you are not (PARTICULAR) proud of . Nobody other than the (CONTEST) will know how serious the situation was . If you are (FORTUNE) you may become famous , but it will not be the kind of (FAMOUS) you want.