Question

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense form: 1. The earliest newspapers........(to be) probably handwritten notices. 2. They .....(to post) to be read by the public. 3. But the first true newspaper......(to be) a weekly newspaper. 4. It.....(to start) in Germany in 1609. 5.It ......(to call) Strassburg Relation. 6. The Germans......(to be) pioneers in newspaper publishing. 7. Johannes Gutenberg, the man who......(to develop) the idea of movable type,......(to come) from Germany. 8. One of the first English-language newspapers, The London Gazette,.......(to print) in England in 1665. 9. Gazette.......(to be) an old English word that.....(to mean) official publication. 10. Many newspapers today still......(to use) the word gazette in their names.

Answer 1

1. The earliest newspapers were probably handwritten notices. 2. They were posted to be read by the public. 3. But the first true newspaper was a weekly newspaper. 4. It started in Germany in 1609. 5.It was called Strassburg Relation. 6. The Germans were pioneers in newspaper publishing. 7. Johannes Gutenberg, the man who developed the idea of movable type, came from Germany. 8. One of the first English-language newspapers, The London Gazette, was printed in England in 1665. 9. Gazette was an old English word that meant official publication. 10. Many newspapers today still use the word gazette in their names.

1. Ранние газеты были, вероятно, написанными от руки листовками. 2. Они расклеивались для чтения широкой общественностью. 3. Но первая настоящая газета была еженедельной. 4. Её начали выпускать в Германии в 1609 году. 5. Называлась она "Strassburg Relation" (Страсбург Релэйшэн). 6. Германцы были первыми в газетном издательстве. 7. Иоганн Гутенберг, человек, который развил идею наборного шрифта, выходец из Германии. 8. Одна из первых англоязычных газет "The London Gazette" (Лондонский бюллетень) была отпечатана в Англии в 1665 году. 9. Gazette (бюллетень) было старым английским словом,которое подразумевало официальную публикацию. 10. Многие газеты до сих пор используют слово gazette в свои названиях.

Answer 2

1. The earliest newspapers were probably handwritten notices. 2. They were posted to be read by the public. 3. But the first true newspaper was a weekly newspaper. 4. It started in Germany in 1609. 5. It was called Strassburg Relation. 6. The Germans were pioneers in newspaper publishing. 7. Johannes Gutenberg, the man who developed the idea of movable type, came from Germany. 8. One of the first English-language newspapers, The London Gazette, was printed in England in 1665. 9. Gazette is an old English word that means official publication. 10. Many newspapers today still use the word gazette in their names.