Worksheetsnews item
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Statements from the people, witnesses, or experts related to the events.
Source
Background event
Newsworthy event
Headline
S + Be + V3
Passive Voice
Simple Past Tense
Simple Present Tense
None of the above
Hit, Plan, Observe
Passive Voice
Action Verbs
Source (s)
Social Function
Events in the form of a summary. Usually in paragraph one about who, what, and where.
Newsworthy event (s)
Background of the event (s)
Generic Structure
Saying Verbs
Stated, Claimed, Said
Generic Structure
Saying Verbs
Background of the event (s)
Newsworthy event (s)
Passive voice, simple past tense, adverbs, saying verbs, action verbs.
Language Feature
Social Function
Generic Structure
None of the above
Newsworthy event (s); Background event (s); Sources
Social function
Generic structure
Language Feature
All answers are correct
He, she, her, him, us, we
interjections
pronouns
adjectives
adverbs
To inform the readers/listeners about a newsworthy event.
Source (s)
Social Function
Language Features
Simple Past Tense
The Surabaya Police have arrested a man, identified only as MN, for allegedly buying an infant via Instagram.
MN was arrested at his house on Jl. Karah in Jambangan district in Surabaya, East Java, on Sunday. He was found to have paid some Rp 3.8 million (US$250) for a baby boy when he was only three days olD.
Surabaya police chief Sr. Comr. Rudi Setiawan said recently that the transaction was conducted in Semarang, Central Java, on Sept. 23. The baby’s parents live in Tangerang in Banten.
“The baby is now safe with the Surabaya administration,” Rudi said on Monday (The Jakarta Post, Tue, October 16, 2018)
What is the purpose of the text?
To inform readers about arrested man for buying an infant
To describe the important person for readers
To argue that arresting the man is important
To explain how police arrested the man
To convince reader that buying infant is illegal
