Show

Verb + show

  • enjoy a show

  • a show starts / finishes

  • a show is cancelled

  • a show is a success

Noun + preposition + show

  • the opening night of a show

  • a review of a show

  • the star of a show

  • a ticket for a show

Exercise

Verb + show

  1. We waited patiently in our seats for the show to start.

  2. Just sit back and enjoy the show.

  3. The show was a spectacular success. Most of the critics loved it. It ran for two years.

  4. They had to cancel the show when tour of the actors became ill.

Noun + preposition + show

  1. I'd like two tickets for the 5 o’clock show, please.

  2. There's a really bad review of the show in one of the Sunday papers.

  3. This is the opening night of our snow, so many or us are feeline a little nervous.

  4. For me, Larry Linslow was the star of the show. He was brilliant as Captain Hook.

Note

  1. Note that a show can be a type of television program:

    1. 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' is a hugely popular TV show all over the world.

    2. The pop star, Nick Cave, made a guest appearance on The Jools Holland Show.

    3. My grandmother seems to spend her days watching game shows on TV.