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WorksheetsNews reporting vocabulary
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 24mins
Match the collocations
clickbait
headlines
go
viral
generate
revenue
attention
span
raise
awareness
I’m responsible for creating all those ___________ headlines that attract attention.
corruption
clickbait
attention
awareness
If the posts I write (a) viral, that could mean hundreds of thousands of page views, which generates more advertising revenue for the news site.
Articles published online need to be very brief because everyone has such a short attention _____ these days.
disorder
light
deficit
span
I’m helping to (a) awareness of important issues.
Match the collocations
shed
light on
hit
the headlines
in the public
interest
present
both sides of the story
verify
my sources
The articles I write rarely (a) much light on the key issues that have hit the headlines.
I’d love to cover traditional news stories which are in the ______ interest, where I could expose corruption .
public
personal
best
awareness
I’d also prefer to have the time to verify my sources or the space to (a) both sides of the story.
Match the words with their definitions
includes strong criticism of someone or something
hard-hitting
unusual in an interesting way
quirky
very sad
heartbreaking
interesting enough to be reported
newsworthy
Considering all sides equally
balanced
People who live over 100 always have weird and _______ habits.
nocturnal
drinking
quirky
ambitious
Nobody's Dog is a powerful and uplifting tale about family, love and survival. It also explores the ____ loneliness of grief.
weird
hoax
heartbreaking
oppressive
Most states have constitutional or statutory requirements for (a) budgets .
The number of deaths makes the story (a) .
In a (a) speech, he said enough was enough.
Match the words with their definitions
related to things that are happening at the moment
topical
not meant to be publicly reported
off the record
shocking and exciting, not serious
sensational
(a news story) Published only in one place
exclusive
causing feelings of happiness
heartwarming
(a) antibiotics are used continually to prevent infection.
Those remarks were supposed to be off the (a) .
Look at those (a) tabloid newspaper reports!
He is a member of Britain's most (a) club.
Read (a) tales about all six dogs here and see video footage of them online.
