For this unit Refers to Student’s Book pages Writing headlines

  2  a 
Analyse the example question with the class. Students then discuss the other 
questions in pairs. 
 Answers
2  Change of tense (present perfect to present simple), omission of relative 
pronoun and verb 
3  Punctuation changed, omission of verb and auxiliary verbs 
4  Change to passive voice, omission of subject (the judge), omission of articles
    b 
Students work in pairs to write the headlines. Collect the best examples on the 
board. 
 Suggested answers
1  Rare bird returns to UK after 400 years 
2  Drunk driver kills 2
3  Australian PM to open hospital in Melbourne
Extension activity: newspaper headlines
Print out some examples of authentic newspaper headlines on slips of paper 
available at: 
http://www.1stheadlines.com/
 
Ask students to analyse them in groups to answer the following questions.
l  
What is the story about?
l  
What are the grammar and punctuation features of these headlines?
Feed back the suggestions as a class and compare them with the actual stories.
  3  a