C.3. U.11 TASK 3- WRITING A NEWS REPORT (I) and GRAMMAR REVIEW (U.8-U.

11)
HAVE A LOOK TO THE NEWS REPORT STRUCTURE AND THE EXAMPLE

1. NOW WRITE YOUR OWN OUTLINE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING PICTURE (remember,
just the outline *NOT the text) OUTLINE
HEADLINE

BYLINE

PLACELINE

BYLINE When?

Who?

What?

Where?

Why?
“No more women
in cooking adds!!” BODY Fact 1:
Fact 2:

QUOTE “ “
 2 GRAMMAR REVIEW UNIT 8: PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS IN NEWS REPORTS.
Cuando escribimos un artículo periodístico utilizaremos estos dos tiempos para lo siguiente:
 PAST SIMPLE y PAST PASSIVE: para contar los hechos, las acciones, lo que ha pasado.
Yesterday night, a crazy man crashed against Spanish President’s House. When he tried to escape but he was
caught immediately and was sent to jail.
 PAST CONTINUOUS: para describir la escena de la noticia, lo que estaba pasando en ese momento.
It was about midnight, Mr President was having an official dinner while his family was watching TV. All
outdoor lights were shining and people were walking peacefully in the street.

Now, refresh how to use them and complete the following sentences with the PAST SIMPLE FORM or the
PAST CONTINUOUS FORM of the verbs in brackets. PAY ATTENTION to KEY WORDS IN BLUE.

1 The flight attendant ............................................. (not check) boarding passes when I ............................................ (see) her.
2 While we ....................................................... (check in), we ........................................................... (hear) the announcement.
3 Yesterday, they .................................................. (not compare) hotel rates while they ....................................................
(plan) their trip.
4 Last week, I ...............................................(pay) for the tickets in advance while I .................................................................
(surf) the net.
5 Two days ago, .............................................. Oliver ................................................................. (meet) any nice people while
he ................................................................. (backpack)?

3 GRAMMAR REVIEW UNIT 11: IMPERATIVES and EXCLAMATIONS

3.1 3.2 Escribe el imperativo negativo (DON’T)