
--- lesson12 RADIO AND TELEVISION radio and television
--- Basic Patterns Basic sentence patterns
Could you change the channel?^ Can you change the channel?
If we don't hurry, I'll miss my favorite channel.^ If we don't hurry, I'm going to miss my favorite channel.
His aunt used to be a star on TV.^ His aunt was a former TV star.
The radio in my car doesn't work very well.^ There was a problem with the radio in my car.
I just ordered cable service for my TV.^I just installed cable TV.
What's on TV tonight?^What's the TV show tonight?
Don't talk during the show please.^ Please don't speak when you're on a show.
They play this song all the time on the radio now.^ Now the song is played on the radio all day long.
There's nothing good on TV tonight.^ There's no good TV show tonight.
Stop watching TV and go do something outside.^ Stop watching TV and go outside and do something.
Could you turn down the car radio?^Can you turn off the volume of the radio in the car?
Some are quite informative on many different subjects and others are just funny. ^Some can provide information about different topics, and some are purely funny.
I don't even like it when radio stations break for commercials.^ I don't even like radio interstitials.
Sitting in front of the television all day is really unhealthy.^ Sitting all day watching TV is not good for your health.
You're getting no exercise and watching the screen for so long is ruining your eyesight.^ You don't exercise and watch TV for so long, it will ruin your eyes.