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7. What kind of people would be suitable to write columns in newspaper?
a. bankers
b. high school students

c. people who like to write for fun
d. people who are experts in their field

8. Which of these is a fact?

a. Newspapers are more interesting than novels.
b. Writing news articles is boring.
c. Newspapers gain most of their profit from advertising.
d. Novelists do not read newspapers because it does not help them in any
way.

9. What is the purpose of writing this passage?
a. to sell more newspapers
b. to encourage readers to become news reporters

c. to inform readers about newspapers
d. to explain why newspapers should be read everyday

10. The words according to mean

a. as stated in
b. written for
c. go away

d. to get up

True or False
Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. News reports are based on facts. T F

2. Editorials use the five W’s. T F
3. Newspapers have many sections like sports, T F

entertainments, and business.

4. People who write columns are familiar with the T F

topics they write about.
5. There are only positive stories in newspapers. T F

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