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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the shared purpose of the use of past participle and infinitive verb form in the headline?
To catch the audiences’ attention
To shorten the headline
To make the newspaper formal
Which doesn’t use reporting verbs?
Pierre Loxe claimed that thousands of Iraq's Republican Guard had been killed
It should be made clear that any further Iraqi incursions into Kuwait would be met with massive retaliation.
Responding to Iraq claims that the letter was written in language unsuitable for heads of state, Mr Bush said that it was 'not rude but direct'.
Identify the type of reporting verbs in this sentence.
"Pierre Loxe claimed that thousands of Iraq's Republican Guard had been killed"
Neutral
Strong
Tentative
Ambiguous is used in the headline to stir audiences’ curiosity of the news?
True
False
Which headline uses alliteration?
Do These People Look Real to You?
How To Become Debt Free in 90 Days or Less
Hoffa wanted government to stop watching union
A Double Dose of March Migration Madness, These Tourneys Are for the Birds
What kind of linguistic feature does exist in this newspaper title
“One of the world's most closed-off nations to start easing Covid-19 travel restrictions”
Hyphenated word
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
What the average length of sentences in newspaper reports stands for?
A. How much information related to the incident reported.
B. The concentration of information per sentence
C. Both A&B
D. The formal style of newspaper report
Which of the following statements is true about the common features of sentences in newspaper reports?
A. The frequency usage of adverbial clauses
B. The major usage of interrogative sentences
C. The major use of compound-complex sentences
D. Both B&C
What kind of linguistic feature does exist in this newspaper title
“Apple has the most growth fuel in hand”
Hyperbole, Hyphenated word
Hyperbole, Metaphor
Simile, Metaphor
Metaphor, Hyphenated word
Match this headline with the lead:
"Songbirds act as one when they sing together, new study suggests"
Singers performing a duet, paired-up dancers never skipping a step: great performers are so coordinated, they become one.
If animals could be nominated for Grammys, these eagles could win.
We know it seems like most the music is about heartbreak, but that's just because they're performed so well.
Fill in the blank:
"Using passive voice keeps the newspaper report .............."
Interesting
Boring
Biased
Impartial
Which element does not belong to the layout of a newspaper?
By-line
Quotation
Comment
Photo
What is the optimal amount of words in a headline?
4-6 words
7-9 words
More than 10 words
Which subheading is suitable for these paragraphs?
"Medicanes are very much like hurricanes," says Dr. Richard Seager of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.
He told CNN that because medicanes are "geographically confined over the Mediterranean Sea and are surrounded by land" they are typically smaller than a hurricane and often dissipate quicker.
What is Medicanes?
Medicanes vs. hurricanes
Medicanes are rare
All are effective headlines except for?
Headless body in topless bar
World War is over
They laugh when I sat down at the piano but when I started to play!~
Facebook renames itselt Meta
Fill in the blank:
"Using .............. sentences is a common feature in a newspaper report"
Interrogative
Imperative
Declarative
Exclamative
What sentence structure does this sentence belong to?
“China's emissions are more than double those of the US, but historically, the US has emitted more than any other country in the world.”
Compound
Complex
Compound - Complex
Simple
What type of reporting verb this “criticize” belong to?
Neutral
Strong
Tentative
Weak
Name these elements in this newspaper report:
1. Headline
2. Lead
3. By-line
4. Place-line
1. Lead
2. Headline
3. Place-line
4. By-line
1. Headline
2. By-line
3. Lead
4. Place-line
1. Headline
2. Lead
3. By-line
4. Timeline
Fill in the blank:
"................... are commonly used in headlines"
Articles
Simple words
Possessive adjectives
Auxiliary verbs
