Complete the news stories with the active or passive form of the verbs from the box. Change
the tense as necessary. You may use some verbs
more than once.
announce
call discover
discover find
find kill
sell
start
A new service which will find anyone's mobile phone
number has been announced.
One thousand people (1) by a freak storm in
South Africa. The storm (2) in the early hours
of the morning.
Zac Efron (3) as the star of a new film, the
most expensive ever made.
A cure for cancer (4). Scientists (5) the
breakthrough at a conference yesterday.
The film director Richard Attenborough (6)
much of his art collection after claiming that there
was no more room on his walls.
Yesterday a three-year-old boy successfully (7)
an ambulance after he (8) that his mother had
fallen down the stairs.
A ring which once belonged to the opera singer
Maria Callas (9) in an attic. The new owner
(10) it online, with a reserve price of nearly
£100,000
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The British are one of the largest nations reading the newspaper in the world. In the UK there are "quality" newspapers, they concern, as much as possible, actual reports of major national and international events, the world of politics and business, the arts and sports.
There are also “populations” and “tabloids,” the so-called because of their smaller size, concentrate on more emotional messages of stories. The popular press seeks to entertain its readers, rather than inform them. In the UK, newspapers are mostly owned by private individuals or publishing companies, and newspaper editors tend to have significant freedom of expression. The British are one of the largest newspaper countries in the world to read newspapers.