Analyzing new articles

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

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

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

1.Difficult Times Ahead= Difficult times are ahead
2.Forgotten Brother Appears= A forgotten brother has appeared.
3.James Wood to Visit Portland= James Wood is going 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 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 jumping
10.President Declares Celebration = The President declares a celebration
11.Professors Protest Pay Cuts= Professors are protesting against the 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.