Worksheets4TH QUARTER (WORKSHEET NO.4) IN ENGLISH - 10
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 24mins
What is a "quotation"?
Another name for the headline of the article
Dialogue which has these symbols ' ' surrounding it
Dialogue that has these symbols " " surrounding it
The lead of the story
What tense is the news report written in?
Past tense; the story already happened
Present tense; the story is happening right now
Future tense; the story is going to happen
Wednesday tense; doesn't exist....
Why are news reports written?
To give people something to do in the morning when they drink their coffee
To inform citizens of events which are happening in the world locally and internationally
To inform the world of terrible stories that lead to death and other unfortunate events
To make sure people have jobs
What is a headline?
The beginning of the actual article
The end of the actual article
The person who wrote the article
The title of the news report
Where are news articles found?
All around you
In the newspaper
In your backpack
On TV
The main content in the body of a news report is _________.
a series of events
a sequence of events in the order they occurred
the quotation of the witnesses
the result of the event
In the process of writing news report, which one is the first step?
Gathering information
Organize your materials
Revising and editing
Writing
After gathering information, what is the next step?
analyzing the data
organizing your materials
script summary of the information
writing
What is a headline?
A catchy title to grab readers' attention.
A sentence that explains what happened.
Explains where and when something happened.
The name of the person who wrote the article.
What does a news report NOT do?
Explain a real event or issue
Use lots of information and facts
Uses lots of words and goes off topic
Uses words that could be easily be understood by the reader
Who should the quotation be from?
A child
A random person
A witness or authority figure
The author
What are the 5ws?
What, Went, Where, Weather, When
Who, What, When, What ever, Went
Who, What, When, Where, Why
Who, What, Went, Where, Weather
What do people usually look at first when they buy a newspaper?
The captions
The columns
The headlines
The list of contents
What is the job of a headline?
To catch interest of the reader, so that they carry on reading.
To give you enough information so you don't have to carry on reading.
To tell you all the information about the article
To tell you what the weather is.
Which is an example of a headline? (Headlines grab the readers' attention and capture the essence of a news story)
'18-Year-Old student from Tamil Nadu Designs World's Lightest Satellite Weighing just 64 Grams'
'64 grams'
'21 June'
'12 minutes'
Rifath Sharook is set to break a global space record by launching the lightest satellite in the world.
"The main role of the satellite will be to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre," he explained.
Which is an example of newsworthiness? (any good news story answers the question: 'Why should the reader care about this?')
Rifath Sharook [...] is set to break a global space record by launching the lightest satellite in the world.
"The main role of the satellite will be to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre," he explained.
'Speaking to Times of India Pallapatti, Rifath said...'
Photograph of Sharook's small satellite
How many paragraphs should a news report be?
at least 1
at least 3
at least 5
at least 10
Which of the following will add interest to your report?
Color
Exclamation marks
Quotations
Using italics and bold
Which of these is most likely to annoy readers?
chunks of text
Inaccurate spelling and grammar
Jargon Big
Quotations
After you've written your article down, what's the first thing you should do?
Find a picture to go with the story.
Give it straight to the editor.
Move on to the next story.
Read it aloud to make sure it sounds okay.
You're going to write an article about the new study into whether mobile phones are harmful to children.
Which of these should go first in a story?
A lead explaining why this is an important issue.
An interview with one of the researchers.
Is there anything else you'd like to include?
Pictures of children using mobile phones.
Which of these would NOT be an appropriate source to use for this headline?
Doctors warn young children about mobile phone use.
a guy who works at Tmobile
doctors
parents
teachers
Statements from the people, witnesses, or experts related to the events.
Background event
Headline
Newsworthy event
Source
What details should we add to a news report?
Add specific names, dates, and times.
Be as general or brief as possible.
Literally write "details" in your article.
Write information that is extra, but not relevant to the story.
