Week 19 - 12th grade - News reportinf and Passive Voice

The main goal of a news report is to .... a fact.

Which are characteristics of a news report?

• It's a technical narrative.

• It's written in third person.

• It's written in formal language.

• It may include stories invented by the writer.

• The language is clear, impartial and objective.

Answer explanation

News report characteristics

Match the elements of a news report with their meaning.

• The development of the text, describing the event itself.

• Headline

• A line in a newspaper naming the writer of an article.

• Body

• It's the title of the news report. It's usually in bold to call the reader's attention.

• Subheading

• It complements the headline, adding information.

• Lead

• Presentation of the most important items of a news report: What or Who? How? When? Where? Why?

• Byline

Answer explanation

Which one is more common is News reporting?

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

• Middle Voice

Answer explanation

Match the sentence to the kind of verb voice it exemplifies.

• An incredible well-preserved shipwreck has been uncovered in the Baltic Sea.

• Passive Voice

• Her novels sell themselves.

• Reflexive voice

• The survey revealed that the ship likely dates to the 15th to early 16th century.

• Active Voice

Answer explanation

What is Passive Voice used for?

• Focus on what happened, rather than on who/what caused an action.

• When we don't know/don't want to mention who/what did an action

• When the subject is too long.

• To make the text more fluid and clear.

Answer explanation

Reorder the following sentence in passive voice:

The Swedish Maritime Administration first discovered the ship using sonar back in 2009.

• The ship

• using sonar

• was first discovered

• back in 2009

• by the Swedish Maritime Administration

Answer explanation

Transform the sentence into Passive Voice:

The award-winning chef prepares each meal with loving care.

Passive: Each meal ______ with loving care by the award-winning chef

Transform the sentence into Passive Voice:

We took our children to the circus.

Passive: The children _______ to the circus.

• Active voice: The police are interrogating him right now.

• Passive voice: He ______ interrogated (by the police) right now.