Exercise 2: Answer the questions:

1)Where does the idea of TV go back to?

2)Who produced the first television picture?

3)When did US television boom?

4)What other developments connected with TV can you mention?

5)Can you foresee the future of television?

Exercise 3: Say if the following statements are true or false:

1)The idea of broadcasting both sound and vision was turned into practical reality in 1875.

2)The first television pictures were colour.

3)Early sets made in the years Baird’s breakthrough cost as much as a small car.

4)Great Britain was the only country producing programmes.

5)Television started to satisfy the public’s desire for entertainments.

Grammar

The Passive Voice

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