Complete this question with the most appropriate of the options lettered A – E The Radio Station promised to________ a commentary of the football match.

Analyze the question: We need a verb that fits with "a commentary of the football match" and with a radio station as the subject.

Explain the concept: This tests collocation, meaning which words naturally go together. In broadcasting, certain verbs are used with certain objects:

• Relay a commentary/broadcast means to transmit it live from the venue to listeners.
• Cover a match means to report on the event as a whole, so we say "cover the match," not "cover a commentary of the match."
• Announce is for making something known, such as results or news.
• Arrange means to organize or plan something.
• Produce is used for creating programs or shows, not for commentaries on a match.

Solution:

1. "The Radio Station promised to ___ a commentary of the football match."
2. The commentary happens at the stadium, and the radio station transmits it to listeners.
3. Test the options: • announce a commentary: awkward, since you announce news, not a commentary. • arrange a commentary: possible in meaning, but not the natural broadcasting term. • cover a commentary: wrong, because you cover the match, not the commentary. • produce a commentary: not idiomatic here. • relay a commentary: natural and correct, meaning to broadcast the commentary live.

relay**.

Tip: In radio and TV questions, think "relay = transmit or pass on a broadcast." If the sentence is about passing on a live commentary or signal, relay is almost always the answer. Also remember that you cover an event, but you relay a commentary.