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الموضوع: Breaking news

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    Breaking news


    This topic aims to writing news stories
    and learning their vocabulary and grammar


    HEADLINE ENGLISH

    Here’s a selection of English media words and their counterparts


    Bid – attempt
    Boost – to increase; to encourage
    Ordeal – painful experience
    Plea – request
    Pledge – promise
    Probe – investigation
    Key – essential
    Row – argument
    Curb – to restrain, limit
    Aid – help
    Blast – explosion
    Go-ahead – approval
    Move – step towards a desired goal
    Quit – to leave, resign
    Riddle – mystery
    Strife – confl ict
    Drive – effort
    Clash – dispute
    Drama – tense situation
    Hit – to affect badly
    Axe – to cut, to reduce
    Ploy – clever activity or trick
    Blaze – fi re
    Link – connection
    التعديل الأخير تم بواسطة Rapidshare ; 25-03-2020 الساعة 10:44 PM
    Expectation is the root of all heartache

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    grammar in headlines

    Use present simple for past events
    • Parliament confirms new stray dog policy
    • Lion escapes zoo


    Leave out auxiliary verbs
    • New policy decided by Parliament (New policy has been
    decided by Parliament)
    • Lion escapes zoo – ten killed (ten people have been
    killed / were killed)
    • Four stranded in sudden flood (four people have been
    stranded / were stranded)
    • Temperatures rising as climate changes (temperatures
    are rising)


    Use infinitives for future events
    • Parliament to decide new policy tomorrow
    • President to visit France for further talks


    Leave out articles
    • Prime Minister hikes Alps for charity (The Prime Minister
    hiked the Alps)
    • Man releases rabid dog in park (A man released a rabid
    dog in a park)



    Leave out “to beâ€+
    • Residents unhappy about new road (residents are unhappy)
    • Family of murder victim satisfied with court decision
    (family of murder victim is satisfied.)



    Leave out “to sayâ€+
    • Mr Jones: “They’re not taking my house!â€+
    • Bush on Iraqi invasion: “This aggression will not
    stand.â€+



    Replace conjunctions with punctuation
    • Police arrest serial killer – close case on abductions
    • Fire in bakery: hundreds dead
    Expectation is the root of all heartache

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