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B2 Level B2 · TEF Canada Writing: A1 to C2

B2 · Section A: continue a news story

Write the continuation of a news story in the style of a journalist: coherent with the beginning, precise and lively.

16 min · 7 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Stay consistent with the given beginning
  • Develop the story: event, consequences, reactions
  • Use a neutral journalistic style
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1Section A method: reread the beginning → develop → consequences → reactions and ending.
  • 2Keep the place, the characters and the past tense of the beginning.
  • 3Journalistic phrases: aucun blessé n’est à déplorer, les secours sont intervenus, sur les lieux, une enquête a été ouverte.
  • 4Quote a witness with « … » and a reporting verb: raconte, explique, confie.

Key vocabulary

le chevreuildeer (Québec)
affolépanicked
le présentoirdisplay stand
relâcherto release
la chausséeroadway