English Vocabuiary Organiser The mecia 1 Kinds of newspaper Match the newspapers with the definitions: 1. national paper 2. local paper 3. daily paper 4. broadsheet 5. tabloid e . a paper that you can buy every morning p. a paper that’s sold throughout the country a paper produced in one town a serious paper that reports world events a paper containing sensational stories about the private lives of rich and famous people Tabloid and broadsheet refer to the size of the newspaper — tabloids are smaller than broadsheets. However, when we talk about tabloids and broadsheets, we are really talking about the content. The Press means newspapers and journalists: “The Press seems to have wrned against the Government recently.” 2 Parts of the paper pao _52 Newspapers 3 People working for newspapers Match the beginnings of the sentences with the endings below: 1. A reporter 2. ‘The editor 3. A correspondent 4. A columnist 5. The proprietor a. decides what goes in a newspaper or magazine. b. finds interesting news stories and writes about them. . owns the newspaper. |. writes a regular column in a newspaper or magazine. e. sends reports from a particular part of the world or about a particular subject. eo A journalist is anybody who writes or reports news either for a newspaper or television. If you were reading a newspaper in English, which part of the paper would you look in if you wanted to find out about the following? 1. the football results 2. what has been happening in the Middle East 5. the paper's opinion about something in the news 6. anew job 8. where to invest your money 9. the life of a famous actor who has just died 10. the temperature in Tenerife 11. finding 4 new partner 12. what a newly published book is like N0 ‘NEWS AND FEATURES: 24 Home news 5-6 Foreign news 24-25 Business and money news 26-30 Sports news REGULAR FEATURES 7-10 Health, Fashion, food 11-12 Reviews 13. Editorial and readers’ letters 14.15 Obituaries 16-22 Classified 23 Personal 31 TV and entertainment guide 32 Weather forecast4 Talking about newspapers Use these words to complete the sentences below: front page circulations headlines supplement privacy article 5 1. Did you see that really interesting . about India in the paper last Sunday? 2. Have you watched the news today? Somebody broke into the Queen’s bedroom. > No, bur I'm sure it'll be on the... .. of all tomorrow's papers. I can see the already! 3. The tabloids are full of absolute rubbish. > I know. I'm amazed they have such big 4. L feel sorry for these film stars. Reporters. seem 10 follow them everywhere. - > No, they don’t get much ......., do they? 5. L love the Sunday papers, There are so many sections and usually a colour ........ too. 5 Headline words ‘ne media English \ecobuloy Orgonser 6 Verbs in newspaper reports Use these common newspaper verbs below: described claimed announced demanded appealed 1, Pensioner Sam Macdonald - how his attackers laughed as they stole his money. 2. Police in Brighton have ........ for messes after a man was attacked in the town centre late last night. wi 3. Angry friends and relatives have . . an inquiry after a man died in police custody yesterday. 4. 500 new jobs will be created in the Health Service, the Government . . yesterday, 5. Nobody has ....2-. responsibility for the bomb which exploded in central London yesterday. Certain words are used frequently in headlines. Match the six words in green with their definitions. Then use them to complete the headiines, 1. hits 4. supports 2. quits . has a bad effect 3. backs c. leaves a job DIRECTOR ........ PLANE Philip Bosman has resigned fiom his £150,000 job at Preseo Lid after the company announced a loss of £2 million | in its annual repor. [PRIME MINISTER ceereeeses PLAN ‘The Prime Minister has given his support to a plan which sums to reduce the number of oui stoke A pilot and his «wo passengers ‘weee killed yesterday when the plane they were flying in rashed as it was landing STRIKE..... TRAVELLERS ‘Thousands of travellers spent the night at Heathrow Airport after cabin crew and ground staff went on sitike over ‘working conditions. Add your own words and expressions: d.a situation full of fear e. an argument or disagreement £. a very sad situation 4. tragedy 5. scare 6. row FESTIVAL sae There were angry scenes at a meeting last night between organisers of a music festival and local residents who do not want if to take place. BOMB..... Police were called to a department store in Oxford Sweet after a caller claimed to have planted a bomb. m