News Puzzle
FirstNews
Issue 472
3rd–9th July 2015
What’s going on in Greece? : Crossword
Read the HEADLINES story from this week’s First News, then have a go at the crossword.
All the answers to the crossword are words in the article. These words are underlined for you.
What’s going on in Greece?
PEOPLE living in Greece have had trouble taking
money out of cash points this week; this is because
the country needed to hold on to its money.
The European country is in serious debt (which means
it owes lots of money) and needs to keep the cash that
it has. Greece owes money to lots of people who have been
trying to help their economy in recent years, including the
Eurozone.
The Eurozone is the name given to the group of countries
that all use the euro as currency. Greece is part of the
Eurozone and has been accepting emergency money to
help their economy since the financial crisis that shook many
countries in 2008.
Greece has been hitting headlines this week because it
looks like the country cannot pay this money back, which is
why people are struggling to take money out of cash points
in the country. Greece owes the cash in the machines to the
Eurozone as
well as other
groups who
have lent
them money.
A sign next to a cash point in
Banks in the
Greece reads ‘no money’
country also
closed for a
week.
In total, Greece owes 1.55bn euros to the International
Monetary Fund. Greece had until Tuesday 30 June to pay all
of its outstanding debts.
As First News went to press, it was looking as if Greece
would be forced to default. This means that it wouldn’t pay,
because it just couldn’t afford to.
This could mean that Greece will leave the Eurozone and
the European Union altogether.
See www.firstnews.co.uk for the latest updates.
1
2
ACROSS
2) Not yet paid (adjective 11)
3) This country, in southeastern Europe, consists of two mainland
3
peninsulas and thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and
Ionian seas. Its capital city is Athens. (proper noun 6)
4
4) The headings at the top of articles in newspapers and
magazines (plural noun 9)
5) The countries in Europe which use the Euro (proper noun 8)
6) Money (noun 8)
7) This is the money trouble Greece is in because it cannot afford
5
to pay back the money it has borrowed from other countries. As
a result, banks are running out of money for people. (term 9,6)
8) The financial state of a country (its money matters) (noun7)
9) Failure to pay money owed (verb 7)
10) Owing money (noun 4)
6
7
DOWN
1) IMF is the abbreviation for the organisation of 188 countries
which work together to make sure countries are financially
stable. (Proper noun 13,8,4)
8
9
10
Learning through news
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News Puzzle
FirstNews
Issue 472
3rd–9th July 2015
What’s going on in Greece? : Crossword
Read the HEADLINES story from this week’s First News, then have a go at the crossword.
All the answers to the crossword are words in the article. Underline these words as you go.
What’s going on in Greece?
PEOPLE living in Greece have had trouble taking
money out of cash points this week; this is because
the country needed to hold on to its money.
The European country is in serious debt (which means
it owes lots of money) and needs to keep the cash that
it has. Greece owes money to lots of people who have been
trying to help their economy in recent years, including the
Eurozone.
The Eurozone is the name given to the group of countries
that all use the euro as currency. Greece is part of the
Eurozone and has been accepting emergency money to
help their economy since the financial crisis that shook many
countries in 2008.
Greece has been hitting headlines this week because it
looks like the country cannot pay this money back, which is
why people are struggling to take money out of cash points
in the country. Greece owes the cash in the machines to the
Eurozone as
well as other
groups who
have lent
them money.
A sign next to a cash point in
Banks in the
Greece reads ‘no money’
country also
closed for a
week.
In total, Greece owes 1.55bn euros to the International
Monetary Fund. Greece had until Tuesday 30 June to pay all
of its outstanding debts.
As First News went to press, it was looking as if Greece
would be forced to default. This means that it wouldn’t pay,
because it just couldn’t afford to.
This could mean that Greece will leave the Eurozone and
the European Union altogether.
See www.firstnews.co.uk for the latest updates.
1
2
ACROSS
2) Not yet paid (adjective 11)
3) This country, in southeastern Europe, consists of two mainland
3
peninsulas and thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and
Ionian seas. Its capital city is Athens. (proper noun 6)
4
4) The headings at the top of articles in newspapers and
magazines (plural noun 9)
5) The countries in Europe which use the Euro (proper noun 8)
6) Money (noun 8)
7) This is the money trouble Greece is in because it cannot afford
5
to pay back the money it has borrowed from other countries. As
a result, banks are running out of money for people. (term 9,6)
8) The financial state of a country (its money matters) (noun7)
9) Failure to pay money owed (verb 7)
10) Owing money (noun 4)
6
7
DOWN
1) IMF is the abbreviation for the organisation of 188 countries
which work together to make sure countries are financially
stable. (Proper noun 13,8,4)
8
9
10
Learning through news
www.FirstNews.co.uk/forschools