8B_REPORTING VERBS_READING AND LISTENING PRACTICE: INDEPENDENT LEARNING

As you all know, we have just started dealing with the media:
Tv, radio, newspapers and online news.

I hope you find this supplementary material useful for your progress.

Let's consider the key word NEWS:

 NEWS    uncountable
Countable or uncountable?• News is an uncountable noun and is followed by a singular verb:The news was not very good.• News is used with the singular form of words such as this and that:He was shocked when he heard this news.✗Don’t say: these newsPrepositions with the news• If someone or something is on the news, they appear or there is a report about them on a television or radio news programme:The minister was on the 10 o’clock news.I saw the pictures of the crash on the news.• If someone or something is in the news, they are being discussed in newspapers and on news programmes:Education has been in the news a lot this weekADJECTIVESgood newsHe’s feeling much better, so that’s good news.great/wonderful newsThey’re getting married? That’s wonderful news!bad/terrible news‘I’m afraid I have bad news, ’ said Jackson.Have you heard the terrible news about Simon?the latest newsMom sent a letter with all the latest news.old news (=news that you have already heard)She wasn’t surprised; it was old news to her.important newsI’ve got some important news to tell you.the big news informal (=an important piece of news)The big news is that Polly and Richard are going to get married.VERBShave some news (for somebody)I could tell by his face that he had some news.tell somebody the newsJack called him to tell him the good news.spread the news (=tell a lot of people the news)After she had the baby, her husband made phone calls to spread the happy news.hear the news (=hear about something that has happened)She was really upset when she heard the news.welcome the news formal (=say that you are pleased about some news)Environmental groups welcomed the news that the area would be protected.greet the news with surprise/delight etc formal (=react to the news in a particular way)Fans greeted the news of the victory with a loud cheer.news spreads (=a lot of people find out the news from other people)News spreads fast in a small town.PHRASESa piece of news (also a bit of news British English)Leo thought about this piece of news carefully.the good news is …/the bad news is ... (=used to introduce a piece of good and bad news)The good news is that most stores have the game in stock; the bad news is that it’s not cheap.

 newspaper    1 [countable]lSYN paper She had read about it in the newspaper. a series of newspaper articles about life in CubaIn everyday English, people often say paper rather than newspaper:I saw an ad in the paper.Patterns with newspaper• You read something in a newspaper:She saw an ad in the newspaper.✗Don’t say: on the newspaper• You often talk about the newspaper:I read something about it in the newspaper.✗Don’t say: in newspaperVERBSread a newspaperWhich newspaper do you read?get a newspaper (=buy one regularly)We don’t get a newspaper; we tend to watch the news on TV.see/read something in the newspaperI saw in the newspaper that he had died.appear in a newspaperHer photo appeared in all the newspapers.a newspaper reports something (=has an article on something)The newspapers reported that the police were treating the death as a suicide.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + NEWSPAPERa national newspaperThe story was in all the national newspapers.a local newspaperThe store advertises in the local newspaper.a daily/weekly/Sunday newspaper (=one that is published every day/week/Sunday)Do you get a daily newspaper?a tabloid newspaper (=a small-sized newspaper, especially one with not much serious news)Their wedding made the headlines in all the tabloid newspapers.a quality newspaper British English (=a newspaper with a lot of serious news and good writing)The story has not been given as much coverage in the quality newspapers.NEWSPAPER + NOUNa newspaper article/report/storyI read quite an interesting newspaper report on the war.a newspaper headline‘Wine is good for you’ announced a recent newspaper headline.a newspaper column (=a regular article in a newspaper written by a particular journalist)She writes a regular newspaper column about gardening.a newspaper clipping/cutting (=a story cut out of a newspaper)I found some old newspaper cuttings of the band's first concert in Liverpool.a newspaper reporterShe was fed up with being followed by newspaper reporters.a newspaper editorNewspaper editors have a lot of power.newspaperThe New York Times is a popular daily newspaper.paper a newspaper. Paper is more common than newspaper in everyday EnglishThere was an interesting article in the local paper today.the Sunday papersthe press newspapers and news magazines in general, and the people who write for themthe freedom of the pressThe press are always interested in stories about the royal family.the media newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and the Internet, considered as a group that provides news and informationThis issue has received a lot of attention in the media.Her public image was shaped by the media.tabloid a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, short stories, and not much serious newsThe tabloids are full of stories about her and her boyfriend.broadsheet British English a serious newspaper printed on large sheets of paper, with news about politics, finance, and foreign affairsthe quality broadsheetsthe nationals the newspapers that give news about the whole country where they are printed, in contrast to local newspapersThe results of the nationwide survey became headlines in the nationals.the dailies the daily newspapersThe dailies reported the story.PARTS OF A NEWSPAPERarticle a piece of writing in a newspaper about a particular subjectan article on the education reformsreport a piece of writing in a newspaper about an eventnewspaper reports on the warstory a report in a newspaper about an event, especially one that is not very serious or reliableYou can’t always believe what you read in newspaper stories.a headline the title of an important newspaper article, printed in large letters above the article. The headlines are the titles of the most important stories on the front pageThe singer’s drug problem has been constantly in the headlines.front page the page on the front of a newspaper which has the most important news storiesThe story was all over the front page.section/pages the pages in a newspaper dealing with a particular area of news such as sports, business, or entertainmentthe financial pages of The Timesthe arts sectioneditorial the page of a newspaper on which the editor of a newspaper and other people express their opinions about the news, rather than just giving factsan editorial on the vaccination programmecolumn an article on a particular subject or by a particular writer that appears regularly.His weekly column on gardening

press /pres/ noun    1 NEWSa) the press people who write reports for newspapers, radio, or television the freedom of the press  Singular or plural verb?• The press is usually followed by a singular verb:The press does not always report the whole story.• In British English, you can also use a plural verb:The press do not always report the whole story.b) reports in newspapers and on radio and televisionThe band has received good press coverage  (=the reports written about something in newspapers). local/national etc press The story was widely covered in the national press. tabloid/popular etc press


GRAMMAR

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READING PRACTICE

Do you agree with me?

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READING PRACTICE:  
CELEBRITIES AND PRIVACY

 What's your take on this controversial issue?

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LISTENING PRACTICE


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SPEAKING PRACTICE FOR HOMEWORK
  
A. MONOLOGUE 

1. Your attitude towards the news.

• How do you get your news in the morning?

• How often do you read the news online during the day?

• Do you ever read print newspapers?

• What kind of news/news sites do you like to read?

2. You have read a news story in the paper. Tell your classmate about it.

3. Do you agree with the saying that good news doesn´t sell newspapers? Why might this be true?

  

B. INTERACTION 

1.  Work with your partner and discuss the role of online news and print newspapers in your daily lives.

2.  Find out whether you both have similar news reading habits and preferences or not.