English Worksheet Template: Entertainment News (Page 2 of 3) in pdf

Entertainment News

listening

Karen and Jeff discover that the pair are in fact _________________ (creset) agents, and

soon find themselves entangled in a ________________ (siomisn) regarding stolen weaponry.

Keeping up with the Joneses ____________ (enops) in theaters on October 21.

Before listening, complete the next headline with the appropriate prepositions. Then listen

and check your ideas.

Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson got apologies and

retractions ____ Tuesday ____ two US tabloids who claimed

the Hollywood couple were divorcing because Hanks was in

love with his co-stars Meg Ryan or Felicity Jones. Both The

National Enquirer and Star Magazine issued statements,

changed their online stories and will run corrections ____ their

upcoming print editions. Hanks and Wilson, who have been

married for 28 years, said ____ a statement that ____ the past they had laughed ____ tabloid

stories _______ their soon-to-be acrimonious divorce because those stories were so far _____

true. But with their 29th anniversary coming ____ ____ April, the couple said they considered

marriage to be the foundation ____ their family and that such stories were lies they would not

put ____ with any longer.

Before listening, suggest words for the gaps. Then listen and check your ideas.

Phil Collins is back. After nearly 10 years, Collins is returning

to the _______________ starting at London’s Royal Albert

Hall in June of 2017 for his ‘Not Dead Yet: Live’ tour. The

65-year-old, who came to fame as the _________________

and later lead vocalist of Genesis and is known for solo hit

_______________ such as “Another Day in Paradise” and “In

the Air Tonight,” said his children encouraged him to step out

of ___________________. During a London news conference

Collins, who is also releasing a _______________, “Not Dead Yet: The Autobiography”

touched upon his injuries sustained during years of drumming, and spoke of his battle against

__________________. In a way, I just felt that I should write about this because this is the

Phil Collins that people think is kind of invincible and squeaky clean, you know. And I just felt

better for _______________ about it. And also it may, you know, may help someone, may, may

not, may give people courage to _______________ about it. After London Collins will head to

Cologne and Paris where he’ll play two _______________ in each city.

Listen to the final story and note down what these figures refer to:

90,100

47 million

47,000

46,000

123,000

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