Spanish TV Channel Takes Game Show Off Weekends
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Telecinco is a TV channel in Spain. It had a game show called 'Rueda la letra'. The show was on at weekends.
Not many people watched the show. The audience numbers were very low. Telecinco decided to stop the show on weekends.
The channel is now making changes. There will be a change to another show called 'Fiesta'. This show is on in the afternoon.
Telecinco wants better numbers. TV channels often change schedules when a show does not work well.
'Rueda la letra' is a kind of word game. Players try to guess letters and words.
The channel did not say what will replace 'Rueda la letra'. More changes may come soon.
Vocabulary10 words
- channel
- a company that shows TV programmes
- game show
- a TV programme where people play games
- audience
- the people who watch a show
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- schedule
- the plan of what is on TV and when
- afternoon
- the time after midday
- replace
- to put a new thing instead of an old one
- decide
- to choose what to do
- low
- small in number
- change
- to make something different
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Quiz
Answer key
1. 'Rueda la letra' 2. Low audience numbers 3. 'Fiesta'
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Telecinco is a TV _____ in Spain. It had a game show called 'Rueda la letra'. The show was on at _____.
Not many people watched the show. The _____ numbers were very low. Telecinco decided to stop the show on _____.
The channel is now making _____. There will be a change to another show called 'Fiesta'. This show is on in the _____.
Telecinco wants better numbers. TV channels often change _____ when a show does not work well.
'Rueda la letra' is a kind of word _____. Players try to guess letters and words.
The channel did not say what will _____ 'Rueda la letra'. More changes may come soon.
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