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"Here's the answer, what's the question?"

Instructions: Form a question using the words in green and type it into the blank space. To help you, use the answer to the question below (in black).
For example:

ABC TV? / owns / Who /

Disney owns ABC TV.


 

1. news / Who / NBC / owns ?

General Electric owns NBC news.

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2. companies / one / is / of / in the USA? / What / the / largest

General Electric is one of the largest corporations in the USA ?

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3. do / of nuclear power? / General Electric / Why / NBC news / may not permit / you think / to report on the problems

Because General Electric builds nuclear power plants.

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Writing Down Your Ideas

Instructions: Read the paragraph below. After reading and thinking about the question, type your answer in the space below.

Reading

There is a company that makes your light bulbs, your refrigerator, x-ray machines and that builds nuclear power plants. That same company also decides what news to report and what kind of TV programs to produce. That company is General Electric (GE), the owner of NBC news, and one of the largest corporations in the U.S. (adapted from...)

 

Explain why it can be difficult for NBC to report on the problems of General Electric's nuclear power plants.

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3. What is one of the largest companies in the country?
General Electric is one of the largest companies in the country.

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2. What is one of the largest companies in the country?
General Electric is one of the largest companies in the country.

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1. Who Owns NBC?
General Electric owns NBC.

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