Magazine

Verb + magazine

• read a magazine

• buy a magazine

• subscribe to a magazine

• write for a magazine

• the magazine is aimed at (young people)

• a magazine publishes (stories, pictures)

Common expressions

• leaf through a magazine

• advertise something in a magazine

• an article about / on (dieting) in the magazine

• the magazine gives (information)

• women's magazine

• monthly magazine

Noun + of + magazine

• the editor of a magazine

• an issue of a magazine

• a range of magazines

• the readers of a magazine

• the front / back cover of a magazine

Exercise

Verb + magazine

1. I bought several magazines to read on the train.

2. Manjo is a popular music magazine which is aimed at teenagers.

3. The film star, Brad Wartz, was very angry when Goodbye magazine published pictures of him at a private party in LA.

4. I'm a freelance journalist. I write for a number of different fashion magazines.

5. I subscribe to several monthly magazines. It's much cheaper than buying the magazine every month from a shop.

Noun + of + magazine

1. Our local newsagent stocks a wide range of magazines.

2. This month Kylie Minogue is featured on the front page of Vogue magazine.

3. In his last job, Henry was the editor of a popular men's magazine.

4. Have you read the current issue of Time magazine? It's got a good article on China.

5. You can buy the Pavarotti DVD at half price. This special offer is only open to the readers of this magazine.

Common expressions:

1. The free magazine from the bank gives lots of useful hints on how to save money. - c

2. She lay on the sofa, leafing through fashion magazines. - e

3. The women's magazines are all on the middle shelf over there. - a

4. The perfume has been advertised in all the popular women's magazines. - b

5. There's an interesting article on Bill Clinton in this month's Hello magazine. - d

Note

Magazines and newspapers sometimes have supplements - separate sections on one topic:

• There's a great property supplement in The Scotsman on Thursdays.

• The sports supplement in Sunday's Telegraph was really interesting.

• The limes has a really interesting supplement on holidays today.

Caption

"There's nothing to read in them! I just leaf through them to see what's in fashion!"