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Question
News Report based on the given headline:
Prepare a newspaper report based on the following headline.
Harmanpreet 171* hauls India to the Final in T-20 Womens’ World Cup.
Solution
Harmanpreet 171 halls India to the final in T20 women's World Cup:
Harmanpreet Kaur is known as Hurricane Harmanpreet now. She played a magnificent inning for India against Australia on Thursday.
Her superb innings took the Indian score to a total of 281 for 4 in the semi-final of the Mega event of the ICC T20 Women's World cup. Undoubtedly, this was one of the finest innings of Harmanpreet Kaur.
She smashed her way to a total of 171 off 115 balls. This was just like a magical spell. The Australian bowlers were greatly shocked and were in a state of disbelief.
This tremendous inning from Harmanpreet comprises 20 fours and 7 sixes.
Notes
News Report based on the given headline
Write your news report based on the following points -
• Give a suitable title to your report–The headline given to you will be a title.
• By Line – Reported by whom.
• Lead Line – Based on the given headline – what happened, when
and where and its outcome.
• Body of the Report – Describe the situation by using Third person.
Use passive constructions.
• Conclusion – remark given by any important personality.
Marking Scheme
• Title / Headline / Dateline 01
• Logical sequence of events 02
• Use of appropriate grammar and vocabulary 01
• Conclusion and layout 01
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