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Newspapers
1. Kinds of Newspaper – Match the definitions:
1. national paper → b. a paper that's sold throughout the country
2. local paper → c. a paper produced in one town
3. daily paper → a. a paper that you can buy every morning
4. broadsheet → d. a serious paper that reports world events
5. tabloid → e. a paper containing sensational stories about the private lives of
rich and famous people
🔹 Note: "Broadsheet" and "tabloid" originally referred to size, but now more
commonly refer to content and tone.
2. Parts of the Paper – Match topics with newspaper sections:
1. the football results → Sports news (pages 26–30)
2. what has been happening in the Middle East → Foreign news (pages 5–6)
3. a big fire in York → Home news (pages 2–4)
4. what readers think → Editorial and readers' letters (page 13)
5. the paper's opinion about something in the news → Editorial and readers'
letters (page 13)
6. a new job → Classified (pages 16–22)
7. what is on at the theatre tonight → TV and entertainment guide (page 31)
8. where to invest your money → Business and money news (pages 24–25)
9. the life of a famous actor who has just died → Obituaries (pages 14–15)
10.the temperature in Tenerife → Weather forecast (page 32)
11.finding a new partner → Personal (page 23)
12.what a newly published book is like → Reviews (pages 11–12)
3. People Working for Newspapers – Match the beginnings and endings:
1. A reporter → b. finds interesting news stories and writes about them.
2. The editor → a. decides what goes in a newspaper or magazine.
3. A correspondent → e. sends reports from a particular part of the world or about
a particular subject.
4. A columnist → d. writes a regular column in a newspaper or magazine.
5. The proprietor → c. owns the newspaper.
4. Talking about Newspapers – Complete the sentences:
1. Did you see that really interesting article about India in the paper last Sunday?
2. Have you watched the news today? Somebody broke into the Queen's
bedroom.
No, but I'm sure it'll be on the front page of all tomorrow's papers. I can see the
headlines already!
3. The tabloids are full of absolute rubbish.
I know. I'm amazed they have such big circulations.
4. I feel sorry for these film stars. Reporters seem to follow them everywhere.
No, they don't get much privacy, do they?
5. I love the Sunday papers. There are so many sections and usually a colour
supplement too.
5. Headline Words – Match and complete:
Match:
1. hits → b. has a bad effect
2. quits → c. leaves a job
3. backs → a. supports
4. tragedy → f. a very sad situation
5. scare → d. a situation full of fear
6. row → e. an argument or disagreement
Complete the headlines:
DIRECTOR QUITS
Philip Bosman has resigned from his £150,000 job at Presco Ltd after the
company announced a loss of £2 million in its annual report.
PRIME MINISTER BACKS PLAN
The Prime Minister has given his support to a plan which aims to reduce the
number of young smokers.
PLANE TRAGEDY
A pilot and his two passengers were killed yesterday when the plane they were
flying in crashed as it was landing.
STRIKE HITS TRAVELLERS
Thousands of travellers spent the night at Heathrow Airport after cabin crew
and ground staff went on strike over working conditions.
FESTIVAL ROW
There were angry scenes at a meeting last night between organisers of a music
festival and local residents who do not want it to take place.
BOMB SCARE
Police were called to a department store in Oxford Street after a caller claimed
to have planted a bomb.
6. Verbs in Newspaper Reports – Complete the sentences:
1. Pensioner Sam Macdonald described how his attackers laughed as they stole
his money.
2. Police in Brighton have appealed for witnesses after a man was attacked in the
town centre late last night.
3. Angry friends and relatives have demanded an inquiry after a man died in
police custody yesterday.
4. 500 new jobs will be created in the Health Service, the Government announced
yesterday.
5. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the bomb which exploded in central
London yesterday.
