'you get a living report' vs 'you get a live report'

[Rose Isabella]

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #19 "Adverbs and Gerunds", question 4

Sometimes when you see the news on television, you get a living report from a journalist at the scene of an incident.

(a) see
(b) living
(c) an incident

English Grammar Error, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #19 "Adverbs and Gerunds", answer 4

Sometimes when you see the news on television, you get a live report from a journalist at the scene of an incident.

Correct entry: live
The error was: (b) living
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watch is a correct answer?

Rose Isabella

[Mister Micawber]

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'Watch' could replace 'see', but 'see' is also correct. 'Living' is wrong; it should read 'live'.
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Bt_Unlock18]

why 'living' is incorrect?

[Mister Micawber]

It is the wrong adjective; it does not collocate with 'report' to mean "(of a radio or television program) broadcast while happening or being performed; not prerecorded or taped."
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Bt_Unlock18]

Now its clear, thanks Mister Micawber!