What does newsflash mean?
Word: Newsflash
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Newsflash means a short report of fresh news given out on television or radio as soon as it arrives.
How do you spell newsflash?
Syllables: news - flash
Tricky part: The first part is said with a z sound, but it is spelt with an s. Writing z there is the usual slip.
Watch out for: newzflash, newflash
Memory tip: Snakes hiss the news: the buzzing sound near the start is written with a snake's s, never a z.
Newsflash in a sentence
Example 1: A newsflash broke into the cartoon to say that India had won the match.
Example 2: Papa turned up the radio when the newsflash about the early monsoon began.
Example 3: The newsflash said that schools would stay closed on Monday because of heavy rain.
Fun Fact
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries labels newsflash as especially British English, and there it is written as one word, with no space or hyphen.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) hedline
b) newspapper
c) weekand
d) newsflash
Show answer
d) newsflash. Headline keeps the a of head, newspaper has one p in the middle, and weekend ends with end.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sfhlawsen
a) flashback
b) newsagent
c) newsflash
d) newsreel
Show answer
c) newsflash. No g or t here rules out newsagent, no r rules out newsreel, and flashback would want a b, c and k.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
newsfl_s_
a) e, h
b) a, k
c) a, h
d) u, h
Show answer
c) a, h. The second part is the word for a sudden burst of light, spelt with a and sh.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) announcer
b) reporter
c) nuesflash
d) bulletin
Show answer
c) nuesflash. The word starts like new, with ew, not ue.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When would a TV channel show a newsflash?
a) when a show has ended at its usual time
b) when the weather is the same as yesterday
c) when a song is played for the second time
d) when something important has just happened
Show answer
d) when something important has just happened
2. Which of these could be the start of a newsflash?
a) Dear Grandma, I hope you are keeping well...
b) We interrupt this programme to bring you...
c) Add two cups of flour and stir well...
d) Once upon a time, in a faraway land...
Show answer
b) We interrupt this programme to bring you...
