1. Short and to the point
You will hardly ever find a complete sentence in newspaper headlines and that is not surprising. Headlines need to be short and to the point. Many headlines consist of a string of noun phrases with no verb.
Articles and the verb be are usually left out in headlines.
Infinitives are often used to refer to the future in headlines.
Note that past tenses are usually rare in newspaper headlines.
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- More water cuts in city
- LPG price hike after polls
- Militants take villagers hostage
- .........................
Articles and the verb be are usually left out in headlines.
Infinitives are often used to refer to the future in headlines.
- PM to visit Russia in May =PM va a visitará/ va a visitar Rusia en mayo.
- Mick Jagger 'to undergo heart surgery this week' after cancelling tour The 75-year-old Rolling Stones rocker is reportedly set to undergo surgery in New York city this week
- Six killed in explosion. (= Six people have been killed in explosion.)
Note that past tenses are usually rare in newspaper headlines.
- Simple present is commonly used in active sentences.
- So forms like held, killed, assaulted, detained, murdered etc., are usually past participles with passive meanings
- Girl scapes from alleged [əˈlɛdʒd] kidnapper. (= A girl has scaped from her alleged kidnapper.) Chica escapa de presunto raptor/secuestrador.
- UK woman assaulted and killed. (= A UK woman has been assaulted and killed.) (Mujer británica asaltada y asesinada.)
- Man and woman arrested on suspicion of assault after woman beaten up in Luton Road, Chatham (read news)
- TB uso de pasado: "Man assaulted and killed woman in 'bleak spot' under M4, court told" (read news)
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NEWSPAPER DECONSTRUCTION
- A2 media studies deconstruction of newspapers (5 SLIDES)(TYPES and PARTS)
- Parts of Newspaper (8 SLIDES)
https://www.slideshare.net/caballeroleah/parts-of-newspaper?next_slideshow=1
- Activity: Match the headlines
MORE ON PAPER PARTS
- Newspaper Sections (17 slides) (parts with examples -project model)
FOR TEACHERS
- VIDEO: Del curso: Social Media in the Classroom (ideas for classroom)
SUMMARY
Newspaper headlines grammar
You will hardly ever find a complete sentence in newspaper headlines and that is not surprising. Headlines need to be short and to the point. Many headlines consist of a string of noun phrases with no verb.
Articles and the verb be are usually left out in headlines.
Compare:
UK woman assaulted and killed. (= A UK woman has been assaulted and killed.)
UK woman assaults her kidnapper. (= A UK woman has assaulted her kidnapper.)
Read more at http://www.englishpractice.com/improve/newspaper-headlines-grammar/#y3K465bQZOQrHmHU.99
You will hardly ever find a complete sentence in newspaper headlines and that is not surprising. Headlines need to be short and to the point. Many headlines consist of a string of noun phrases with no verb.
- More water cuts in city
- LPG price hike after polls
- Militants take villagers hostage
Articles and the verb be are usually left out in headlines.
- Indian-American woman assaulted (Instead of ‘An Indian-American woman was assaulted.’)
- Over 100 killed in blast (Instead of ‘Over 100 people were killed in a blast.’)
- In newspaper headlines simple present tenses are often used instead of continuous or perfect tenses. Note that present tenses are used for both present and past events.
- Terror strikes police base
- Militants gun down villagers (= Militants gunned down villagers.)
- Olympics put UK spy agencies under pressure. (= The Olympics has put UK spy agencies under pressure.)
- Hubble spots Pluto’s tiniest moon. (= The Hubble space telescope has spotted Pluto’s tiniest moon.)
- PM to visit Russia in May
- Six killed in explosion. (= Six people have been killed in explosion.)
Compare:
UK woman assaulted and killed. (= A UK woman has been assaulted and killed.)
UK woman assaults her kidnapper. (= A UK woman has assaulted her kidnapper.)
Read more at http://www.englishpractice.com/improve/newspaper-headlines-grammar/#y3K465bQZOQrHmHU.99