PROCEDURE TEXT
English Lesson
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when you make delicious food, you read recipe, don’t you ? Recipes are very helpful because there are steps that can lead us to do it. Well, Recipe is an example of Procedure Text. So, what is the purpose of procedure text? To know about it in detail, Let’s study together!
♥ Definition of Procedure Text
There are three definition about procedure text :
- Texts that explain how something works or how to use instruction / operation manuals, e.g. how to use the video, the computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax.
- Texts that instruct how to do a particular activity, e.g. recipes, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules.
- Texts that deal with human behavior, e.g. how to live happily, how to succeed
♥ Generic Structure of Procedure Text
- Goal : (e.g. : How to make spaghetti)
- Material or Ingredient and tools : (e.g. : the material to cook omelette are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc. )
- Step : (e.g. : first, wash the tomatoes, onion, …., second cut the onions becomes slice ….)
♥ Purpose of Procedure Text
To explain / tell (the reader) how to make / operate / do something through a sequence of actions or steps.
♥ Language Feature of Procedure Text
- Use adverbial of sequence / Using temporal conjunction (e.g. : first, second, third, the last)
- Use command / imperative sentence (e.g. : put the noodles on the …., cut the onion …, wash the tomatoes ….,)
- Using adverbials (Adverbs) to express detail the time, place, manner accurate, for example, for five minutes, 2 hours, etc.
- Using action verbs, e.g. : make, take, boil, cook
- Using Simple Present Tense
