WorksheetsTV NEWS
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which Newsworthiness factor is mentioned in this following statement?:
“This means that unpredictable or rare is more newsworthy than the routine”
A. Unexpectedness
B. Unambiguity
C. Proximity
D. Negativity
Which of the following does NOT help to increase the objectivity of TV news?
Use of colloquial language
Absence of affective language
Avoidance of personal opinions
None of the above
Which factor determines the newsworthiness of this TV News ?
Eliteness
Negativity
Superlativeness
Proximity
Why do newscasters often use present or present continuous tense in TV news?
To add drama
To sound more formal
To increase objectivity
To tell listeners that an event is still happening
What key questions does this sentence give answer to?
“The students from more than 50 universities are taking part in a rent strike in protest at how the pandemic has affected their studies”
Who is involved?
What has happened?
Who is involved? and What has happened?
Who is involved? What has happened? and Why did it happen?
Which factor determines the newsworthiness of this TV News ?
Eliteness
Superlativeness
Negativity
Personalization
Is this following statement TRUE or FALSE?
“Each sentence should stick to 1-3 key points, and should not be longer than 20 words”
True
False
What sentence would more likely be used in a TV news?
Sentence 1: “Police say, Adam Johnson, who was a former officer, was arrested yesterday”
Sentence 2: “Police say Adam Johnson, a former officer, was arrested yesterday”
Sentence 3: “Adam Johnson, a former officer, was arrested yesterday, Police say”
Sentence 4: “Adam Johnson, who was a former officer, was arrested yesterday, Police say”
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 3
Sentence 4
Which of the following does NOT describe a TV newscaster’s pronunciation?
Clear
Understandable
Dialect
Standard
(CNN, 23th January 2021)
Which is NOT a factor that determines the newsworthiness of this TV news?
Recency
Eliteness
Proximity
Facticity
What is the purpose of modifiers used in this sentence in a TV news?
“ Police say this man seen holding a white flex cuff at the Capitol is Larry Brock, a Texas-based air force academy graduate and combat veteran, arrested over the weekend”
To increase objectivity
To identify the person who is presented in the news
To refer to a source of reported information
Both B and C are correct
How many key points does this extract of news convey?
“The prime minister says there is some evidence that the new variant of Coronavirus spreading across the UK could be more deadly than the original strain”
1
2
3
4
How can the news reporter keep us interested in this news?
“This morning, President Trump’s social media has been silenced. Twitter, the platform where the President boasted a following of more than 88 million, making the unprecedented move to ban him permanently, following similar bans by Facebook, Instagram and Twitch”
Use near-synonyms
Repeat important words
Avoid unfamiliar words
All of the above
Which aspects of narrative structure has this piece of news covered?
“The CNN medical analyst said the United States might have passed the peak of new coronavirus cases. A few weeks ago health officials said hospitalizations related to the disease were at about 132,000 per day. Now the hospitalizations are down to 124,000 per day. So some improvement there”
What has happened?
Where did it happen? When did it happen?
Why did it happen?
All of the above
