Definition:
– 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
Purpose:
– To explain/tell (the reader) how to
make/operate/do something through a sequence of actions or steps.
– To explain steps/instruction to make/operate/do
something
Generic structure:
– Goal : (e.g : How to make spaghetti.
– Material or Ingredient : (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. . .)
Language Feature:
– 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
Example:
HOW TO MAKE A CUP Of
COFFEE
MATERIALS AND INGEDIENTS :
–
2 spoons of sugar
–
one spoon of coffee powder
–
hot water
–
a cup
–
a spoon
PROCEDURE :
–
Prepare two spoons of sugar, a cup, hot
water, one spoon of coffee powder, a spoon.
–
Put one spoon of coffee powder into the
cup.
–
Pour some hot water into the cup.
–
Add 2 spoons of sugar into a cup of
coffee
–
Stir it well and the hot coffee is ready
to drink
Read the following text to answer questions number 1 to 3.
How to Clean an LCD Screen
- Shake up the detergent and put it 15 – 20 cm away from the LCD screen.
- Spray on the LCD screen surface sirectly.
- Cleanse gently using the fabric cleanser or brush
- You can also do the following steps:
- Spray the detergent on the fabric cleanser.
- Clean the LCD screen surface to make it as bright as
a new one.
1.
What should you
do to detergent first?
a)
Spray it
b)
Clean it
c)
Put it way
d)
Shake it up
2.
Before cleaning
the screen surface, we spray the detergent on the screen surface directly or
spray it on ....
a)
Our finger
b)
The paper
c)
The fabric
cleanser
d)
The brush
3.
“Cleanse gently
using the fabric cleanser or brush” (step 3). What does the underlined mean?
a)
Carefully
b)
Directly
c)
Harshly
d) Cleanly
Read the following text to answer questions number 4 and 5.
How to Clean a Refrigator
- Remove all frozen foods and ice cube trays. If you have a seconf refrigator, use it to temporary store these items. If not, put the food in a cardboard box and cover with newspaperr. Dump the ice cubes.
- Remove all other food stuff and place on your kitchen counter or in cardboard boxes.
- Either turn the temperature control “defrost” or unplug the electricity to the refrigator (or both).
- Never scrape or jab at the ice with a sharp instrument. You may cause serious damage to the freesing unit. Allow it to melt. Either put a flat pan under the freezer to catch the drips or put a large towel in the bottom of the refrigator
4.
What should we
do after turn the temperature control “defrost”?
a)
Scrape the ice
with a sharp instrument
b)
Remove all
frozen foods and ice cube trays
c)
Remove all other
food stuff
d)
Allow the ice to
melt
5.
“Allow it to
melt” (step 4). The word “it” refers to ....
a)
The food
b)
The refrigrator
c)
The ice
d)
The freezing
unit
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