English Quiz 12/4/2023

Which word is one of the five Ws of a newspaper report?

• Which

• With

• Where

• While

Quotes are not included in newspaper reports.

• True

• False

A newspaper report is written in which tense? (Apart from the final paragraph)

• Past continuous tense

• Present tense

• Present continuous tense

• Past tense

What is the H question used in newspaper writing?

(a)  

What is the purpose of a headline in a newspaper report ?

• To inform while grabbing the reader’s attention

• To bore the reader

• To summarize the report in a short sentence

• To mislead the reader

The incident is not written in a chronological order

• True

• False

Which perspective must you write a newspaper report in?

• Second person

• Third person

• Fourth person

• First person

The tone of a newspaper report should be (a)  

Examples of formal reporting verbs are believe, claim, understand, know, hope, report, understand etc...

• True

• False

In a newspaper report, quotes are by:

• A) The author

• B) Witnesses or people involved

• C) Any person

• D) All of the above