Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

I. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words and word-combinations.

To get information; public figure of the past; to carry articles on industry and agriculture; weather forecast; brief account; literary work; to specialize in advertising; freedom of press; investigation; nation of newspaper readers; the most widely read tabloids; expensive; guide to radio and TV programmes; emotive reporting; colour magazine; daily papers.

II. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements to make them true.

1. The majority of newspapers carry information about the events that have taken place in this country or abroad.

2. Newspapers never give weather forecasts.

3. There are specialized newspapers that give TV programmes, brief accounts of new films and the films that one can see on TV.

4. “Kyiv Weekly” is the first Ukrainian newspaper.

5. Quality newspapers concentrate on emotive reporting of stories about the Royal family and pop stars.

6. “The Times”, “The Independent”, “The Guardian”, “The Financial Times” and “The Daily Telegraph” are British tabloids.

7. Reading a Sunday paper has become an important tradition in many British families.

8. Britain is a nation of newspaper readers.

III. Insert the missing words from the list given below. Entitle the text.

In America … entitled “Public Occurrences” appeared in Boston in 1690. Its … didn’t have any official permission from authority that’s why he was immediately arrested and all … were destroyed. In 1845 the only surviving example was discovered in …. The first successful newspaper was …. It … in 1704. It had … circulation and was heavily controlled by the … .By the beginning of … 24 newspapers were published at all the colonies. New York and Pennsylvania remained the centers of … for many years. … became a major force that influenced public opinion in America.

(The British Library; very limited; publisher; the first newspaper; The Fourth Estate; colonial government; “The Boston News-Letter”; American printing; the Revolutionary War; copies; appeared)

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