News item

To inform readers ,listeners, and viewers abaout events of the day which are considered
newsworthy or important
Generic Structure
News worthy event: tells the event in summary form
Background of events: elaborate what happened, tell what caused the incident
Sources : comments by the participants, witnesses, authorities, and experts involve in the event
Language features
Information on the use of headlines
The use of action verbs :attack, curb
The use of saying : said, added, claimed
The use of passive sentences
The use of adverbs in passive sentences (the robber was badly injured)
Example
Generic Georgia Storms: At Least 11 Dead In US State
structure
News worthy Tornado warning were issued for parts of the state overnight on Saturday,
event while flash flood are feared in the north.
Background The Georgia emergency management agency said almost a dozen had died in
events the southern Cook, Brooks and Berrien counties.
It did not confirm whether tornadoes were responsible.
Swathes of the south-eastern United States have been hit by storms over the
weekend.
In southern Mississippi, four people died in the path of tornado with winds
events above 218 km/h (136 mph)
The national weather service in Atlanta/Peachtree City said a “significant
tornado out break” was expected on Sunday around the Florida- Georgia
border, with storms expected from noon onwards.
In a tweet, it said rainfall had been significant in the past 24 hours, with the
city of Charlotte getting 13,6cm (5,3 inches).
A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for northwest Florida.
Sources The Georgia Emergency Management Agency issued advice on the best and
worst places to shelter from a tornado late on Saturday, advising locals in the
path of a tornado to cover themselves with blankets or mattress for
protection.(BBC News)
Passive Voice
Tenses Formula
Present Active Passive
Simple S+Verb/s,es S+to be+V3
Continous Tense S+to be+V ing S+to be+being+ V3
Perfect Tense S+have/has+V3 S+have/has+been+ V3
Perfect Continous Tense S+have/has+been+V ing S+have/has+been+being+V3
Past Active Passive
Simple S+Verb 2 S+to be+V3
Continous Tense S+to be+V ing S+to be+being+ V3
Perfect Tense S+had+V3 S+had+been+ V3
Perfect Continous Tense S+had+been+V ing S+had+been+being+V3
Future Active Passive
Simple S+to be+ going to+ V1 S+will,shall,going to+be+V3
S+will,shall +V1
Continous Tense S+ will,shall + be +V ing S+ will,shall + been +V3
Perfect Tense S+ will,shall+have +V3 S+ will,shall+have +been+V3
Perfect Continous Tense S+ will,shall+have +been+V ing S+ will,shall+have
+been+being+V3
Modal
Present Past Active Passive
Can,may,must,will,shall Could,might,had Modal+V1 Modal+be+V3
to,would,should

Accusative

Like, ask, tell, wait, want, S+ Accusative Verb+you, S+ Accusative Verb+you,

oblige, allow, order, require, him, her, the secretary + to him, her, the secretary +
command, etc. V1+O to+be+ V3
 Tourist Boats Collided In Thailand, 42 Injured
Thailand: forty-two passengers were injured and two were missing after two boats carrying Thai and
foreign tourists collided in the popular island beach party, police said Sunday.
The speedboats were ferrifying tourists to the Pha-Ngan island for a”Fullmoon”party, a monthly
event that attracts thousands of young , mostly western tourists.
Provincial police officer, Adipong Tapee said of the 42 travelers injured, 39 were hospitalized
including four Bristons, four Australians, four Singaporeans. Also among them were Irish, Norwegian,
Malaysian, and Thai tourists, he said.
The boat collided and overturned before midnight Saturday, throwing the passengers into the rough
sea water just off the island, the website of The Nation newspaper said.
1. What is the message of the text above?
a. Retell an experience of the Colided Boat in Thailand
b. An information about an incident of tourist boats collided in thailand
c. Describe a collided boat in Thailand
d. Explanation of tourist boats collided in thailands
e. Amusing story of tourist boats collided in thailands

2. What had possibly caused the accident?

a. A careless captain
b. Too many passengers on the boat
c. There were too many boats
d. A rough weather
e. The boats were speeding

3. The decision … tomorrow

a. will be settling d. have settled
b. settled e. will have settled
c. will be settled

4. the bones of modern fosil ... by the archeologist in the mid 80s
a. had been discovered
b. will he discovered d. is discovering
c. was discovered e. discovering

5. A: ”this computer has been out of date”.

B: “I wasn’t even reinstalled when it ... to me.
a. is given
d. was to give
b. was given
e. gave
c. has been giving

6. the report ... by tomorrow

a. submit
b. is submitted d. has been submitted
e. must be submitted
c. has been submitting
7. the child ... by his mother when his teeth were being examined by the dentist.
a. was accompanied
d. were accompanied
b. was accompanying
e. to be accompanied
c. was being accompany

8. TOEFL is required ... by the students who want to study abroad

a. to take
d. was taken
b. to be taken
e. will be taking
c. is taken

9. “why don’t you use your own tablet”

“oh, it ... repaired now”
a. is
b. was d. is being
e. will
c. was being

10. “will you join the vacation next week?”

“Sorry, the new semester ... by then”
a. was started
d. starts
b. is started
e. will be started
c. has been started