lunes, 24 de octubre de 2011

Understanding Headlines

1. Match these newspaper headlines into with the following categories(some headlines fit two categories):

Noun Phrases
Difficult times ahead
Unexpected Visit-Overwhelming Response of Voters
Professors Protest Pay Cuts
Noun Strings
Mustang Referral Customer Complaint
Landscaping Company Disturbance Regulations
Widow Pension Pay Committee

Simple Tenses instead of Continuous or Perfect
Forgotten Brother Appears
Professors Protest Pay Cuts
Passerby Sees Woman Jump
President Declares Celebration
Under Pressure from Boss


Auxiliary Verbs Dropped in Passive Form
Man Killed in Accident
Tommy the Dog Named Hero

Articles Dropped
Man Killed in Accident
Forgotten Brother Appears 
Unexpected Visit
Under Pressure from Boss
Infinitive to Indicate Future
James Wood to Visit Portland- Major to Open Shopping Mall

-Make these headlines into sentences (you can use simple or complex
sentences, using what you know about dependent & independent
clauses; check your dossier)

  1. Difficult Times Ahead=  Difficult Times are ahead
  2. Forgotten Brother Appears= A brother has  appeared.
  3. James Wood to Visit Portland= James Wood goes to visit Portland
  4. Landscaping Company Disturbance Regulations= A landscaping company has a disturbance with regulations
  5. Man Killed in Accident= A Man has been killed in an accident
  6. Mayor to Open Shopping Mall= The mayor is going to open a  new shopping mall.
  7. Mustang Referral Customer Complaint= A customer complains about a Mustang referral.
  8. Overwhelming Response of Voters= An overwhelming Response of the voters.
  9. Passerby Sees Woman Jump= Passerby sees a woman jump
  10. President Declares Celebration = The President declares a celebration
  11. Professors Protest Pay Cuts= Professors are protesting   pay cuts
  12. Tommy the Dog Named Hero= Tommy the Dog is named a hero.
  13. Under Pressure from Boss= Under Pressure From the Boss
  14. Unexpected Visit= An unexpected visit
  15. Widow Pension Pay Committee= A Committee pays the pension to a widow.




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