News Item

Statements from the people, witnesses, or experts related to the events.

• Source

• Background event

• Newsworthy event

• Headline

S + Be + V3

• Passive Voice

• Simple Past Tense

• Simple Present Tense

• None of the above

Hit, Plan, Observe

• Passive Voice

• Action Verbs

• Source (s)

• Social Function

Events in the form of a summary. Usually in paragraph one about who, what, and where.

• Newsworthy event (s)

• Background of the event (s)

• Generic Structure

• Saying Verbs

To inform the readers/listeners about a newsworthy event.

• Source (s)

• Social Function

• Language Features

• Simple Past Tense

S + V2

• Social Function

• Passive Voice

• Simple Past Tense

• Language Features

Stated, Claimed, Said

• Generic Structure

• Saying Verbs

• Background of the event (s)

• Newsworthy event (s)

Newsworthy event (s); Background event (s); Sources

• Social function

• Generic structure

• Language Feature

• All answers are correct

Passive voice, simple past tense, adverbs, saying verbs, action verbs.

• Language Feature

• Social Function

• Generic Structure

• None of the above