How to Make a Summary of Newspaper Article1. The "Kiev Post" dated the 20th of May carries an article headlined "..."
The article under the headline'...' was published in '...' The article is taken from the newspaper...
The article is headlined'...' The headline of the article I have read is ...
The author of the article is…It is written by a Ukrainian (British) correspondent/ journalist.
It is published/printed in… The article under the title (the name) … is taken from …
2. The article reviews current events at home / the latest events abroad /home (national) affairs / foreign (international, world) affairs / local news / a detailed information about...
The article which I'm going to review deals with the recent news from / a brief analysis of the political situation in..
3. The theme of the article is closely connected with title of the article
The aim of the article is to provide the reader with some material/data on...
The main/central idea of the article is...The article is about…
I want to pay your attention to the problem which is raised in this article
The purpose of the article is to give the reader some information on...
The article is devoted to the analysis of the situation / to the description of/ to the question of
The article points out the necessity of solving the problem…
The article contains the following facts..../ describes in detail..
4. The article runs about the latest news... From the article we learn that…
The article deals with / expresses the view that / describes
It touches upon the problem of.../ It focuses the reader's attention on...
It is reported that... The article is rather short (long) but extremely interesting.
The article opens with a description of events in.../ an information about... / the situation in...
5. The author starts by telling the reader that…
The author of the article makes it clear that../ concentrates on / points out that / stresses that / criticizes / comes out in support of/ comes out against / describes / reports on./ underlines / estimates
He says /adds/ warns about/ admits /emphasizes /claims/ assures that / discusses / writes / states / thinks
6. It should be noted that…/ According to the article…
Speaking of it, it's necessary to note that...
Analyzing (describing) this situation it is necessary to emphasize
One can’t but mention / It's worth mentioning
This question is of great importance for...
Taking into consideration the fact that...
I cannot but admit that.../ The interesting thing is that
7. The article goes on to say that..
The problem which is raised in this article is the urgent one
Further the author reports (says) / goes on to say
In the author's opinion/ In addition to...
Then the author gives a detailed (brief) analysis of the situation in... / a brief course of the events in...
8. In conclusion the author says / makes it clear that.../ gives a warning that..
The author concludes by saying that../ draws a conclusion that / comes to the conclusion that
At the end of the article the author says that.../ draws the conclusion that…/ concludes that.../ sums up
9. It goes without saying … My own attitude to this article is… As far as I’ve caught / understood But I’d like to say a few words in this connection…
I fully agree with / I don’t agree with / He is not right / I think he's wrong trying to...
In my opinion / I think / It seems to me /I am sure /To my mind/ from my point of view...
It is hard to predict the course of events in future, but there is some evidence of the improvement of this situation. It remains to be seen.
I found the article interesting / important / dull / of great value / too hard to understand.