Procedure Text
PROCEDURE
TEXT
Definition of Procedure Text:
Procedure text is a text that is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps. It explains how people perform different processes in a sequence of steps. This text uses simple present tense, often imperative sentences. It also uses the temporal conjunction such as first, second, then, next, finally, etc.
Purpose:
Procedures help us do a task or make something. They can be a set of instruction or direction
Procedures help us do a task or make something. They can be a set of instruction or direction
The generic structures of
procedure text are:
1. Goal/aim (title)
2. Materials(not required for all procedural
texts)
3. Steps (the action that must be taken)
Generic Features
1.
The use of
Simple Present Tense, often in
an imperative form e.g. adds some sugar, prepare it.
2.
The use
mainly of temporal conjunction
or numbering to indicate sequence especially in written text)
The example of procedure text
Exercise 1
Read the passage and
answer the questions!
Let’s make a birthday card.
Here is the
paper for you to share.
You can
choose different colors. We will make the card first, then the envelope. Let’s
start. Cut the paper. You can draw a picture on it. What picture do you like? A
candle, balloon, or a flower. Next, we are going to make the envelope. Take
another piece of paper, and then fold. Finished? Show me your envelope, please.
Then put some glue on your envelope. Press it. Finish.
1. What materials do you need
to make a birthday card?
2. What is the first step you
have to do?
3. Do you need colorful papers
and beautiful pictures?
4. Do you need an envelope for
the card?
5. What is the last step?
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