RECOUNT A recount text tells the reader past events. It usually focuses on a person’s past experience, so it usually uses the words I or we.
The structure of the text is : - The orientation : tells the readers who was in volved in the story, what happened, where the story took places and when it happened.
- The event is in a squence of events. These are described in order.
The reorientation summaries the event. Wonderful Experience | ORIENTATION | I got a very wonderful experience last holiday. My friend Ezra and I went hiking to Salak mountain. We went there by bus first, then we walked along the path to the peak of the mountain. It was a small mountain. There were many people hiking too. It a sunny day but we didn’t feel hot. The air was fresh and clean. | | EVENT | We hiked through the forest. At midday we took a rest and had lunch under a big tree. After lunch, we continued our journey. Ezra brought a fishing rod so when we came to a stream, we stopped. Ezra fished and I just laid down beside him. I felt so sleepy. I felt sleepy. I didn’t know how long I slept. Ezra woke me up. | | REORIENTATION | Ezra looked happy, he got a lot of fish. He said that he wanted to give the fish to his mom. In the afternoon we wentwas a really nice day. home. It |
Ket.: teks hijau = kata kerja (verbII) teks biru = kata bantu (to be)
FUNCTIONAL TEXT A functional text is used for everyday information. It is called functional because it helps you function in your day-to-day life. For example, if I wanted to make chocolate chip cookies, I would read a recipe. If I wanted to know my friend’s phone number, I would look in a phone book. If my English teacher gave a test, I would need to read the directions. |
How do we make the Simple Past Tense sentences?
In Simple Past Tense, we use:
Past form only
Or
Auxiliary did + base form
Here you can see examples of the past form and base form for irregular verbs and regular verbs:
| V1
base | V2
past | V3
past participle | description | | Regular verb | work
explode
like | worked
exploded
liked | worked
exploded
liked | The past form for all regular verbs ends in –ed. | | Irregular verb | go
see
sing | went
saw
sang | gone
seen
sung | The past form for irregular verbs is variable. You need to learn it by heart. |
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| You do not need the past participle form to make the simple past tense. It is shown here for completeness only. |
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CATEGORY | EXAMPLES | | Verbs which don’t change | cut-cut
hit-hit
fit-fit | | Verbs which change their vowels | get-got
sit-sat
drink-drank | | Verbs which change completely | catch-cought
bring-brought
teach-taught |
Simple Past Tense talks about actions that happened in the past.
Subject (S) They, We, I, You, She, He, It
Time Signal (TS): Last ...
Yesterday
... ago
This morning
PAST TENSE | EXAMPLES AND FORMULAS | Positif (+) | I began my homework last night
S + V II + O/C + TS | Negatif (-) | She did not do her homework two days ago
S + did not + VI + O/C + TS | Interrogative (?) | Did you meet your teacher yesterday?
Did + S + V1 + O/C + TS |
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