ENG 17.0.2 / Week 8
Book: Cambridge English for the Media

Unit 1 Newspapers

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ANSWERS – UNIT 1: Newpsapers

Exercise 1f, p. 7 - Identify words omitted in headlines

  1. Articles, auxiliary verbs, pronouns
  2. Present Simple for recent events, to+infinitive to describe future events, past participle for passive constructions
  3. Abbreviations, exclamation marks



Exercise 2a, p. 7
1. example
2. change of tense: present perfect to Present simple; omission of relative pronoun (who) and verb3. punctuation change( : ), omission of verb and auxiliary verb4. change to passive voice, omission of subject (judge), omission of articles (a, a)



Exercise 2b, p. 7

1. Rare bird returns to UK after 400 years

2. Drunk driver kills 2

3. Australian PM to open hospital in Melbourne.




Exercise 3a, p.8

Cultural references: Who’s that Girl (title of Madonna’s song)Alliteration Love´s Labour´s LostEmphatic use of language: Family’s pet dog BUTCHERED (stronger than killed brutally)


Read this article entitled Newspapers: Broadsheet Vs. Tabloid
Take notes and answer the following:

- What is a broadsheet? What is a tabloid?
- What are some examples of a broadsheet? What are some examples of a tabloid?
- What style does a broadsheet use? What style does a tabloid use?



To be uploaded:Tabloid vs Broadsheet characteristics_table with key characteristics and differences