B.INGGRIS kelas XI semester 1

GENRE : REPORT

The text is a written report text. A reporttext describes the way things are. With reference to a range of natural. Man-madeand social phenomenon in our environment. It consist of general classification and description.

1. general classification tells us what the phenomenon under discussion is,

2. description tells us what the phenomenon under discussion is like in terms of : parts (and their function),qualities,habits or behavior.

            Report generally describe an entire class of things whether natural or man-made such as kind of diseases human body and natural phenomenon. The common grammatical featuras of an information report include the use general nouns the simpli present tense and technical terms.

EXAMPLE :

"Elephant"

 An elephant is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal which it has thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all, elephant has a long nose, the trunk. An elephant is commonly seen in a zoo, it has hard found in it natural habitat.

The trunk is the elephant's peculiar feature. This trunk has various usages. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath. The elephant's trunk also lift leaves and put them into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet an elephant can move very quickly. The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength makes an elephant a very useful servant to man. Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight. An elephant is really a smart animal.

SIGNIFICANT LANGUAGE FEATURES :

1.      The use of general nouns

2.      The use of present tense

3.      Focus on generic participants

4.      The use of behafioral verbs

5.      The use of technical terms

6.      The use of relating verb.

 

sent day. Placing an emphasis on results.
usage:
1. actions that occurred at an uncertain time before the current
2. actions in the past and have an influence on the present
3. action that began in the past and continues in the presentTHE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Present Perfect tense forms in English tenses are used for a simple act of ongoing or new sajar stopped, but it has influence to the pre

Singular nominal	Plural nominal
I You He She it	We You they

(+) : Subject + have/has + V3

(-)  : Subject + have/sas Not + V3

(?) :  Have/has + Subject + V3

Example verbal sentence:

Singular :

Positif   : She has gone (Dia baru saja pergi)
Negatif : She has not gone
Introgative : Has She gone?

Prural :

(+) they have read book in the library

(-) they have not read book in the library

(?) have they read book in the library?

NOTES :   A sentence using the present perfect tende usually has only one adverb of time,either,in the middle or at the end of the sentence. Some adverbs of time in the present perfect tense that we cant use are already,just,ever,never,yet recently,lately,in the last few days/weeks/months,since (followed by a particular time,such as since yesterday,since you came,or since 1999) and for (followed by duration of time,such as for two hours,fot two months,or for one years)