News Item - Full Teaching

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NEWS ITEM
SOCIAL FUNCTION
To inform readers, listeners, or viewers

about events of the day which are
considered important and interesting.
NEWS ITEM
GENERIC STRUCTURE
Newsworthy events recounts the event in summary form.
Background events elaborates what happened, to whom,

and in what circumstances.
Sources are comments by participants in, witnesses to, and

authorities expert on the event.
NEWS ITEM
LANGUAGE FEATURES
The past tenses (the simple past, Saying verbs

the past continuous, the past Adjectives to form noun phrases
perfect)
Conjuctions to link sentences
Adverbs of manner
Time connectives
Adverbs of time and place
Passive sentences
Action verbs
Direct and indirect speech
EXAMPLE
Kendari SAR Team Finds 3 More Victims
KENDARI: On Thursday, three more victims from a ship that sank in the Banda Sea were found by a
search and rescue team. They were Aris Triono, the captain of the Amami cargo ship, Yakub, a crewman,
and Suharto, a passenger.
The Amami cargo ship had been missing since the incident occured on Friday last week.
The three victims were found on Thursday, floating in water close to Menui Island, Central Sulawesi
Province. Two other victims were earlier saved by the SAR team in the Banda Sea on Saturday last week,
only a day after the ship sank due to bad weather.
“The SAR team is still searching for 10 crew members and a passenger still missing after the incident,”
said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR team.
The Jakarta Post – Jakarta
As Global Leaders Meet, the Amazon Rainforest Burns
Marcio Astrini, a Greenpeace official in Brazil, said the deployment is

making little difference.
"We did a lot of fly-overs. We did not see anything happening on the
ground, apart from the deforestation that is progressing. It's tragic," he told
AFP.
Experts sent by the United States, logistical equipment from Japan, and
four aircraft from Chile are all fighting the blazes, while firefighters sent
from Israel have departed, the defense ministry said.
The Jakarta Post
DIRECT SPEECH & INDIRECT SPEECH
1.STATEMENT
2.QUESTION
• WH QUESTION
• YES/NO QUESTION
3.IMPERATIVE
• POSITIVE IMPERATIVE
• NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE
CHANGING DIRECT INTO INDIRECT
STATEMENT
Maria says, “My mother cooks Maria said, “My mother cooks
the breakfast for us everyday.” the breakfast for us everyday.”
Maria says that her mother cooks Maria said that her mother cooked
the breakfast for them everyday. the breakfast for them everyday.
SIMPLE PRESENT => SIMPLE PAST
Catwoman said to Superman, “I like your style, but I don’t like your girlfriend.”
Catwoman said to Superman that she liked his style, but she did not like his girlfriend.
PRESENT CONTINOUS => PAST CONTINOUS
Joker said, “I am looking for Batman and I am not hiding anymore.”
Joker said that he was looking for Batman and he was not hiding anymore.
SIMPLE PAST => PAST PERFECT
Spiderman said, “A spider bit me yesterday and I did not see it.”
Spiderman said that a spider had bitten him the day before and he had not seen it.
PRESENT PERFECT => PAST PERFECT
Hulk said, “I have lost my T-shirt but I have not lost my pants.”
Hulk said that he had lost his T-shirt but he had not lost his pants.
WILL => WOULD
Batman said, “I will protect Gotham City and I will not fail.”
Batman said that he would protect Gotham City and he would not fail.
YES/NO QUESTION
Catwoman asked Superman, “Do you drive a car? ”
Catwoman asked Superman if he drove a car.
YES/NO QUESTION
Joker asked them, “Are you enjoying the party?”
Joker asked them whether they were enjoying the party.
YES/NO QUESTION
Batman asked Robin, “Did you bring the keys?”
Batman asked Robin if he had brought the keys.
YES/NO QUESTION
Hulk asked Catwoman, “Have you seen my T-shirt?”
Hulk asked Catwoman whether she had seen his T-shirt.
YES/NO QUESTION
Catwoman asked Joker, “Will you help me?”
Catwoman asked Joker if he would help her.
WH QUESTION
They asked her, “What do you want?”
They asked her what she wanted.
WH QUESTION
They asked her, “Why did you come here?”
They asked her why she had come there.
WH QUESTION
They asked her, “What are you doing?”
They asked her what she was doing.
WH QUESTION
She asked them, “How many lives have you saved?”
She asked them how many lives they had saved.
WH QUESTION
He asked Batman, “How will we escape?”
He asked Batman how would they escape.
POSITIVE IMPERATIVE
She asked them, “Take off your masks!”
She asked them to take off their masks.
NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE
Robin told Catwoman, “Do not kill me!”
Robin told Catwoman not to kill him.
DIRECT INDIRECT
Simple Present Simple Past
Present Continous Past Continous
Present Perfect Past Perfect
Present Perfect Continous Past Perfect Continous
Simple Past Past Perfect
Past Continous Past Perfect Continous
Will Would
Can Could
DIRECT INDIRECT
Now Then
Here There
This That
These Those
Today That day
Tonight That night
Yesterday The previous day / The day before
Tomorrow The following day / The day after
Next [...] The following [...] / The next [...] / The [...] after
Last [...] The previous [...]/ The last [...] / The [...] before
[...] ago [...] before
EXERCISE
CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO INDIRECT SPEECH!
1. The concert will be held tomorrow evening,” Rika told her

mother.
2. “We went to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant,” she
told the group.
3. The teacher asked the students, “What are you going to do at
the weekend?”
4. A tourist asked me, “How to get to the art gallery?”
5. Ms. Tyas asked the students, “Have you studied reported
speech before?”
EXERCISE
CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO INDIRECT SPEECH!
6.Jono asked Jaya, “Do you like studying English?”

7.My mother ordered me, “Please buy some bread on your way
home.”
8.“I was wondering if you could possibly tell me the time,” Tika
told me.
9.My father scolded his children, “Don’t make a mess in my
room!”
10.Ratna told me, “Don’t be silly!”

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To inform readers, listeners, or viewers

Newsworthy events recounts the event in summary form.

Background events elaborates what happened, to whom,

Sources are comments by participants in, witnesses to, and

The past tenses (the simple past, Saying verbs

Marcio Astrini, a Greenpeace official in Brazil, said the deployment is

Joker said, “I am looking for Batman and I am not hiding anymore.”

Catwoman asked Superman, “Do you drive a car? ”

Catwoman asked Superman if he drove a car.

Joker asked them, “Are you enjoying the party?”

Joker asked them whether they were enjoying the party.

Batman asked Robin, “Did you bring the keys?”

Batman asked Robin if he had brought the keys.

Hulk asked Catwoman, “Have you seen my T-shirt?”

Hulk asked Catwoman whether she had seen his T-shirt.

Catwoman asked Joker, “Will you help me?”

Catwoman asked Joker if he would help her.

They asked her, “What do you want?”

They asked her what she wanted.

They asked her, “Why did you come here?”

They asked her why she had come there.

They asked her, “What are you doing?”

They asked her what she was doing.

She asked them, “How many lives have you saved?”

She asked them how many lives they had saved.

He asked Batman, “How will we escape?”

He asked Batman how would they escape.

She asked them, “Take off your masks!”

She asked them to take off their masks.

Robin told Catwoman, “Do not kill me!”

Robin told Catwoman not to kill him.

1. The concert will be held tomorrow evening,” Rika told her

6.Jono asked Jaya, “Do you like studying English?”

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