Lesson 24

Reading: news style

Headlines, leads, and the vocabulary of daily news.

Listen & repeat

La registaro anoncis…Forvo
Laŭ fontoj…Forvo
Hieraŭ en Meridiano…Forvo

News patterns

Headlines drop the present tense: Registaro aprobas novan leĝon (= The government approves…). Leads answer: Kio? Kie? Kiam? Look for laŭ (according to), anonci, raporti, decidi, proponi.

Examples

La registaro anoncis novajn regularojn hieraŭ.— The government announced new regulations yesterday.Forvo
Laŭ la ministerio, la reformo komenciĝos morgaŭ.— According to the ministry, the reform will begin tomorrow.Forvo

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Listen & repeat
registaro	government	Forvo
anonci	to announce	Forvo
laŭ	according to	Forvo
leĝo	law	Forvo

Exercises

Exercise 1

La registaro ___ novajn regularojn. (announced)

Exercise 2

According to the Herald

Exercise 3

Typical headline tense?

present (-as)
past (-is)
future (-os)

Exercise 4

Write a one-sentence headline about a Zandorian election.

Try it yourself first — no auto marking for written answers.

Exercise 5

Find three -n endings in today's EO Herald headline (or use: La registaro aprobas novan leĝon).

Try it yourself first — no auto marking for written answers.