Writing comedy scripts - Test 2

B2 First · Listening Matching · Cambridge English First 3, Cambridge University Press

You will hear five short extracts in which writers give advice about writing comedy scripts for television.

Write about people who amuse you.

Team up with another writer.

Develop your characters well.

Rewrite your whole script several times.

Study comedy you like.

Listen to what other people say about your work.

Find your own way as a writer.

Let the audience in on the joke quickly.

For questions 1–5, choose which piece of advice (A–H) each speaker gives. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

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