Chapter 4

If the event is in the past, what tense will the headline use?

• simple present tense

• present progressive tense

• simple past tense

• future tense

If the event is ongoing, which tense will the headline be?

• Present simple tense

• Present progressive tense

• present progressive tense but delete be verb (ex: is, am..)

• Past tense

If the event will happen in the future, what will the headline look like?

• future tense

• future tense but delete "be going"

• simple present tense

• future tense

If the original sentence has passive voice, what will the headline look like?

• Stay passive voice but delete "be Verb"

• Stay passive voice

• Change to active voice

• Simpe present tense

In headlines, do we delete articles like "the", "an", and "a"?

• Yes

• No

In the headline, do we always delete preposition such as "in" and "from"?

• Yes

• No

In all headlines, do we delete possessive pronouns like your and his?

• Yes

• No

What will colon ":" replace in the headlines?

• nothing

• "...."

• said,

• someone said, "...."

What will semicolon ";" replace in the headlines?

• , but

• and

• , and

• but

Please change the following sentence to the headline format:

Reinforcements needed to bolster troops: general

Answer explanation

A general said, "more soldiers are needed to help the troops already there."