Express each of the following headlines as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 1089.

CHIEF DRAMA RESHUFFLE GAG GEMS

For each of the following headlines find the sentence below which expresses it as it would appear in an ordinary news announcement.

'POLLS RIGGED' CHARGES TWO SOUGHT AFTER BREAK-OUT DRAMA CABINET RESHUFFLE URGED. SERVICE CHIEFS GAGGED: TWO QUIT GEMS HAUL SEIZED IN SWOOP

1. Allegations have been made that election results were falsified.

2. Police raided a house today and took possession of jewellery stolen in a recent robbery.

3. Police are hunting two men who made a daring escape from prison by
helicopter.

4. Senior officers of the armed forces have been instructed not to talk to the
media and, as a result, two of them have resigned.

5. Strong appeals have been made to the Prime Minister to make changes in his ministers.

12.Match each of the following words from the headlines above with its meaning below.

SEEK/SOUGHT
SWOOP POLL(S) QUIT RIG HAUL

1. jewels

2. goods stolen in robbery or taken by police or customs

3. to falsify

4. director, high-ranking officer or official

5. raid, to raid

6. to look for, ask for, want

7. to silence, censor, censorship

8. exciting, dramatic event

9. election, voting, public opinion survey

10. to rearrange, rearrangement (of senior jobs)

11. to resign, leave

1. EDITORS URGE END TO PRESS GAG

2. INDIA SEEKS US AID

3. GEM SMUGGLERS CAUGHT IN PORT SWOOP

4. BANK RAID CASH HAUL FOUND: 3 CHARGED

5. HEAD QUITS OVER RIGGED' EXAM RESULTS

6. RAIL CHIEFS RESHUFFLED AFTER BIG LOSSES

7. GOVT DEFEATED IN POLL DRAMA