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News item text

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

News item is a text that ... .

a)

presents critical analysis on events or works for readers or public audiences

b)

is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps

c)

informs readers about events of the day

d)

is located near photos that gives important information

2.

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 generic structure of the text above?

a)

Newsworthy event – Background events – Sources

b)

Orientation – Complication – Reorientation

c)

Orientation – Series of event – Reorientation

d)

Stating thesis – Arguments – Reiteration

e)

Goal – Equipments – Steps

3.

Events in the form of a summary. Usually in paragraph one about who, what, and where.

a)

Newsworthy event (s)

b)

Background of the event (s)

c)

Generic Structure

d)

Saying Verbs

4.

The news 'Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters block airport' mainly discussed about an issue that happened in ... .

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

America

d)

Africa

5.

S + V2

a)

Social Function

b)

Passive Voice

c)

Simple Past Tense

d)

Language Features

e)

Present tense

6.

Newsworthy event (s); Background event (s); Sources

a)

Social function

b)

Generic structure

c)

Language Feature

d)

All answers are correct

e)

Purpose

7.

These are one of the famous daily English newspaper, except ... .

a)

Jakarta Post

b)

Washington Post

c)

CNN news

d)

The Times

8.

Statements from the people, witnesses, or experts related to the events.

a)

Source

b)

Background event

c)

Newsworthy event

d)

Headline

9.

Synonym for the word turn down is (a)  

10.

'Amazon fire ban' mainly talks about ... .

a)

politics

b)

lifestyle

c)

environment

d)

crime

11.

”But the earlier talks are sign that they may form a stronger partnership”.

The word “partnership” means ….

a)

Collusion

b)

Competition

c)

Agreement

d)

Collaboration

12.

“…for allegedly buying an infant” The infant word has similar meaning with ……

a)

Child

b)

Teenager

c)

Adult

d)

Man

e)

Grown

13.

The distribution of NKRI maps (a)   (begin) at Caturwarga elementary school last Friday.

14.

What is the translation from Online School Registration?

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15.

My grandfather (a)   (fly) to Denpasar the other day for a senior citizen award.

16.

Synonym for the word submit is ...

(a)  

17.

Mention three verbs that are in the news item text last week?

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18.

The police said the car should not have tried to pass the bus, since overtaking is not allowed on Jalan Sultan. In addition, the police reported that the car, a small Japanese car , should not have been carrying more than five people. If the passengers had brought their identity cards, the police would have identified the names of the victims easily.


What part of News Item is this?

a)

Newsworthy event

b)

Background event

c)

Sources

d)

Direct Speech

19.

The meaning of the word dissatisfaction is ....

a)

kekecewaan

b)

Ketidakpuasan

c)

pendaftaran

d)

penolakan

20.

What the purpose of the news item text ...

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