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Making headlines

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    A review of vocabulary related to newspaper articles
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  • The thief _________ stealing the money
    admitted/owned up to
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  • He _______ that he had climbed all of the world's highest mountains, but we weren't sure whether to believe him.
    claimed
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  • I'm just going to listen quickly to the news _________ and then I'll join you
    headlines
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  • The news was so terrible. We were in complete ________. Nobody knew what to say.
    shock
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  • What's the word that means a plan to deceive someone, such as telling police there is a bomb somewhere when there isn't?
    A hoax
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  • What's the word which means the same as proof?
    Evidence
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  • Direct to reported speech. A verb in the present simple changes to ________
    past simple
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  • Direct to reported speech. The past simple changes to ________
    past perfect
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  • Direct to reported speech. The present perfect changes to __________
    past perfect
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  • Direct to reported speech. Will changes to ________
    would
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  • Change this sentence from direct to reported speech. " I have never done anything bad in my life!"
    She/He said that she/he had never done anything bad in her/his life
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  • Change this sentence from direct to reported speech. "I saw her yesterday"
    She/He said that he had seen her the day before
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  • Change this sentence from direct to reported speech. "I'll go to the airport and pick her up"
    He/She said that he/she would go to the airport and pick her up
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  • Correct the mistake: He explained them that it had all been a misunderstanding
    He explained that it had all been a misunderstanding
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  • Correct the mistake: She said him she was glad it was all over
    She said she was glad it was all over/She told him she was glad it was all over
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  • He ________ not going to university.
    regretted
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