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Look quickly at the text about British newspapers. How many newspapers does it describe?

British people like their newspapers.

About 70 per cent of British people read a national newspaper every day and many also read a local newspaper. There are two main types of daily newspaper in Britain. The 'broadsheets' contain national and international news, and pages on topics such as money, the arts and travel. These are the four daily broadsheets:

The Times is very old - it started in 1785. It sells about 680,000 copies a day and it costs 50 pence.

The Guardian started in 1821, in Manchester. (Most newspapers started in London.) It sells about 325,000 copies a day and it costs 55 pence.

The Daily Telegraph sells more copies than the others — about 975,000 a day, and it costs 60 pence. It started in 1855.

The Independent only began in 1986. It sells about 205,000 copies a day and it costs 60 pence.

'Tabloids' contain national news but not a lot of international news, and they have a lot of pages on sport and the lives of famous people. The tabloids are more popular than the broadsheets.

The Daily Mail started in 1896 and it sells about 2,422,000 copies a day now. It costs 40 pence.

The Daily Express started in 1900. It sells about 878,000 copies a day and costs 40 pence.

The Daily Mirror started in 1903. It costs 35 pence and sells about 2,200,000 copies a day.

The Sun is quite new — it started in 1964 — but it is really popular. It sells about 3,452,000 copies a day. It costs 30 pence.

Answer the questions:

How do you know that newspapers are popular in Britain?

Because about 70 per cent of people read a newspaper every day.

1. What are the two types of newspaper?

2. Which type of newspaper has more news?

3. Which type of newspaper is more popular in Britain?

Complete the table with information from the text.

	DATE STARTED	CIRCULATION	PRICE
The Daily Express	1900	878,000	40p
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mirror
The Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Independent
The Sun
The Times

Use the table to compare the newspapers.

The Daily Mirror /The Sun /old

The Daily Mirror is older than The Sun.

The Independent / The Daily Telegraph / popular

The Daily Telegraph is more popular than The Independent.

1. The Times / The Sun / cheap

2. The Guardian / The Daily Mail j expensive

3. The Daily Express / The Independent / new

4. The Daily Telegraph / The Daily Express / popular

5. The Daily Mail / The Guardian / old

6. The Daily Mirror f The Independent / cheap