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News articles

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the elements of a news article? Choose all there are correct.

a)

headline

b)

byline

c)

lead

d)

caption

e)

advertisement

2.

"Old woman in shoe's child goes missing" is

a)

the name of the newspaper

b)

the headline

c)

a quotation

d)

the body of the article

3.

The name of the newspaper is

a)

Storyland Times

b)

Old woman in shoe's child goes missing

4.

What's is the old woman's problem?

a)

She has lost her shoe.

b)

She doesn't know what to do about her shoe.

c)

One of her children has gone missing.

d)

She has so many children.

5.

Where is the article set?

a)

In Shoeland

b)

In Forest, Storyland

c)

In Forestland

d)

In Shoeland, Forest

6.

Why has the woman lost the child?

a)

Because the job is easy.

b)

Because she doesn't like the child.

c)

Because there are so many children.

7.

True or false: the essential questions that a news article has to answer are who, what, where, when and why.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

According to the caption, the woman doesn't know what to do.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When did the child disappear?

a)

Last week

b)

Last night

c)

Last month

d)

Two weeks ago