Monthly English Test

What is the purpose of a news item?

• To retell about past occurrence in a sequence of events

• To explain about something in a detailed way

• To inform about interesting and decent events of being news

• To inform complex information and data in a simple way

Which of the following is a verb to inform something?

• reported

• yelled

• delayed

• decided

The text that provides information about events/occurrences of the day is....

• infographic

• magazine

• anecdote text

• news item text

The following are characteristics of a News Item, except ....

• Focus in a specific event

• There is a headline that contains brief information

• Describe something in general

• It has direct and indirect speech

What is contained in the headline of the news item?

• Source of picture

• A detailed information

• A comprehensive ideas

• A brief information

What is the main characteristic of direct speech in the News Item?

• Using an exclamation mark

• Using a quotation mark

• Using verbs to inform something

• Using verbs as the connector

The text talks about ….

• a Sunni Arab insurgent

• a blast north of Baghdad

• six US soldiers killed by a blast

• attacking against American

Which of the following statement is NOT mentioned in the text?

• Insurgent could increase attacks outside Baghdad.

• Three soldiers were wounded after an explosion went off.

• The US invasion has caused more than 3.170 of its soldiers died.

• Six US soldiers died due to a blast north of Baghdad on Monday.

“Iraq and US forces are in the third week of a security crackdown in Baghdad aimed at stemming sectarian violence.” (paragraph 3)

The underlined word has the same meaning with …

• line

• guard

• attack

• clean up

What is the topic of the text?

• The danger of playing Pokémon Go for health.

• The prohibition of playing Pokémon Go in State Palace.

• The restriction of playing Pokémon Go in Presidential Palace.