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REAL ENGLISH 8

Tarun : Yes, I miss it too. My new friends at school are different.

Nina : Well, I’ve noticed it. You’ve changed a lot. Shall I call it a sobering influence of your new
friends?
Tarun : You may say so. Keep in touch, Nina.

Nina : Sure. Now I have to hurry up. Mom is waiting. See you. Bye, Tarun.
Tarun: Bye, Nina.

F Express

F1 Read the newspaper report given below. Study its features. Answer the questions orally.

Heavy rain inundates Dehradun

Staff Correspondent

Dehradun, 31 July: Several low-lying areas of Dehradun were inundated after heavy rains
lashed the city on Tuesday evening and normal life came to a standstill. According to the
State Meteorological Centre, the 165 mm rainfall recorded in the valley yesterday is quite
normal in the area.
‘The flooding was mainly due to a large number of houses coming up on the natural
drainage of the city blocking the systems completely,’ said an official at the Centre.
‘Such massive abuse of the natural drainage system would result in more areas getting
flooded in the future,’ he warned.
Meanwhile incessant rain has played havoc with standing crops in the neighbouring
Chamoli district. The highways to pilgrim centres like Badrinath and Yamunotri region
were blocked by landslides at several places.

1. Does it have a headline in four or five words?

2. Does it say who wrote it?
3. Does it have the name of a place from where the news has been reported?

4. Has the news item been divided into paragraphs?

F2 Write newspaper reports.

1. A staff reporter from The City Times visited the boat jetty from where he collected some
information about how an overcrowded ferry capsized off Mumbai coast. Read the
following notes that he had written in his notepad. Using the clues and your own ideas,
write a newspaper report under the headline ‘13 people die in ferry capsize’. (Word limit: not
more than 150)

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