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News reporting vocabulary

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the collocations

a)

clickbait

1.

headlines

b)

go

2.

viral

c)

generate

3.

revenue

d)

attention

4.

span

e)

raise

5.

awareness

2.

I’m responsible for creating all those ___________ headlines that attract attention.

a)

corruption

b)

clickbait

c)

attention

d)

awareness

3.

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.

4.

Articles published online need to be very brief because everyone has such a short attention _____ these days.

a)

disorder

b)

light

c)

deficit

d)

span

5.

I’m helping to (a)   awareness of important issues.

6.

Match the collocations

a)

shed

1.

light on

b)

hit

2.

the headlines

c)

in the public

3.

interest

d)

present

4.

both sides of the story

e)

verify

5.

my sources

7.

The articles I write rarely (a)   much light on the key issues that have hit the headlines.

8.

I’d love to cover traditional news stories which are in the ______ interest, where I could expose corruption .

a)

public

b)

personal

c)

best

d)

awareness

9.

I’d also prefer to have the time to verify my sources or the space to (a)   both sides of the story.

10.

Match the words with their definitions

a)

includes strong criticism of someone or something

1.

hard-hitting

b)

unusual in an interesting way

2.

quirky

c)

very sad

3.

heartbreaking

d)

interesting enough to be reported

4.

newsworthy

e)

Considering all sides equally

5.

balanced

11.

People who live over 100 always have weird and _______ habits.

a)

nocturnal

b)

drinking

c)

quirky

d)

ambitious

12.

Nobody's Dog is a powerful and uplifting tale about family, love and survival. It also explores the ____ loneliness of grief.

a)

weird

b)

hoax

c)

heartbreaking

d)

oppressive

13.

Most states have constitutional or statutory requirements for ​ (a)   budgets .​

Choose from the below words
balanced
unbalanced
deficit
healthy
14.

The number of deaths makes the story ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
newsworthy
balanced
heartwarming
fair
15.

In a ​ (a)   speech, he said enough was enough.

Choose from the below words
hard-hitting
mild
submissive
peaceful
16.

Match the words with their definitions

a)

related to things that are happening at the moment

1.

topical

b)

not meant to be publicly reported

2.

off the record

c)

shocking and exciting, not serious

3.

sensational

d)

(a news story) Published only in one place

4.

exclusive

e)

causing feelings of happiness

5.

heartwarming

17.

​ (a)   antibiotics are used continually to prevent infection.

Choose from the below words
Topical
Detested
Rejected
Apalling
18.

Those remarks were supposed to be off the (a)   .

19.

Look at those ​ (a)   tabloid newspaper reports!

Choose from the below words
sensational
dull
tedious
prosaic
20.

He is a member of Britain's most ​ (a)   club.

Choose from the below words
exclusive
rugby
country
fan
21.

Read​ (a)   tales about all six dogs here and see video footage of them online.

Choose from the below words
heart-warming
mundane
spiritless
boring