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WorksheetsNewspaper Reading and Writing
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
When you are in a big hurry and want to know the news, what do you read?
articles
headlines
lead paragraphs
Where can you find the most important information in a news article?
in the headline
in the introduction
in the lead paragraph
in the conclusion
What does a lead paragraph include?
who, what, where, and when
the name of the writer
the byline
What is a byline
the name of the place an event occurred
the name of the writer
the name of the sources
Where do you find a caption
in the byline
in the article
under a photo
What is a headline?
the name of the newspaper
the title of an article
the name of the writer
What does a headline do?
It introduces the article
It sums up the article
It gets readers' attention
Besides who, what, where and when, what other information is included in an article? Choose two
why?
which?
how?
Which information appears in the lead paragraph of a news article?
the least important
somewhat important
the most important
In what verb tense is a headline written?
present
past
future
