Name : Afifa Amalia.

Xll SCIENCE 2/ 04

Procedure text is a text that explains or helps us how to make or use something. Its social function is
to describehow something is completely done through a sequence of series. Communicative
purpose of this text is to describe how something is made through a sequence of actions or steps.
There are three generic structures in procedure text. The first is goals or purposes. The second is
materials or tools. The third and the last are steps or methods. To know the text that we read is
procedure or not is so simple. You can read the title if the title is started with ‘how to make…’ or
‘how to use…’ it can be certainly that the text is procedure text.

Procedure Text characteristics

Using the Simple Present Tense .

Use an imperative sentence which is a sentence form that is usually used to give commands. For
example don't mix, turn on, cut into slices and so on.

Using connective of sequences (then, while, next, and so on).

Using numbering (first, second, third, and so on).

Using verb actions. For example, turn, plug, put, etc.).

Using adverb. For example: slowly, carefully, and so on.

Generic Structure of Procedure Text

Procedure text has a generic structure that is different from other types of text, namely:

• Aim / goal (goal)

Located in the title text and is used to indicate the purpose of the text.

Example: How to Make Noodle

• Ingredients/materials

Contains the materials or tools required in the steps of carrying out the process.

Example : The materials to make an omelet are egg, onion, vegetable oil, salt, and pepper.

• Steps/methods

Contains ways, methods, or steps taken to achieve the goals in the text
Example Procedure Text about Food (pancakes)

How to Make Fluffy Pancake

Ingredients:

5 eggs

40 gram sugar

60 gram purpose flour

2 grams of baking powder

Salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Honey

Instructions:

First, separate the egg yolk and the white. Then beat the egg white until stiff.

In a separated bowl, mix the egg yolks with sugar until the sugar melts.

Next, add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Then stir until all the ingredients mixed.

Slowly pour all the mixture ingredients into one bowl. Then add vanilla extract and mix it.

Then heat a pan over a low-medium heat and coat it with butter. Use a 1/4 cup measure to scoop
and drop the batter into the pan so that you get evenly-sized pancakes.

Cook until the first side is golden brown, or until the top surface forms bubbles.

Flip and repeat on the other side. Adjust heat accordingly.

Finally, serve the pancake while it is still warm with honey. You can add some fruits like grapes or
strawberry to make it more delicious.
Example with multiple choice

How to Make Starfruit Punch

Ingredients
• 250 gr yellow starfruit in slices
• 100 ml water 2 spoonful of vanilla
• 8 teaspoonful of lemonade extract Procedure
• Put slices of starfruit and water in the blender. Wait until it’s soft. Skim it.
• Add syrup, lemonade extract, and soda water. Stir thoroughly.
• Pour it in the glass and put in the ice cubes.

1.What is the text about?

A. How to make starfruit punch
B. The ingredients of starfruit punch
C. How to use blender
D. How to stir thoroughly
E. How to slice starfruit

2. …..lemonade extract and soda water. Stir thoroughly. The word “stir“ means….
A. to make smooth
B. to boil
C. to cut
D. to make dry
E. to move an object in order to mix it

3. Which of the following procedures is true?

A. Put slices of starfruit in the glass.
B. Put ice cubes in the blender.
C. Skim two spoonful of vanilla.
D. Skim the slices of starfruit and water which have already been softened
E. Wait until the ice cubes are melted.
Burning a CD allows you to take music from one CD and transfer it onto another CD. This process is
possible with any computer that has a CD driver, but it is easier on a computer that can run two CDs
at once. Either way, you can copy all your music from one CD to the next. Here is how to copy from
one CD to another, using one and two CD drivers.
Instructions Burning with two CD Trays
1. Insert the CD from which you want to burn music into your computer’s CD tray. Insert a blank CD
into your computer’s second CD tray.
2. Open windows media player and wait for it to recognize the CD.
3. Click the “burn” option at the top of Windows Media Player. Drag the songs you want from the list
of your songs into the area on the right labeled “Burn List”.
4. Choose the blank CD onto which you want to burn your song. This can be done at the top of the
Burn List Menu.
5. Click the “Start Burn” button when you have all the song you want for the CD added to the Burn
List. Wait for your computer to finish the CD, then take both of the CDs out.

4. What is the topic of the text?

A Running two CDs.
B. Opening Media Player.
C. Copying a compact disc.
D. Choosing the blank CD.
E. Inserting the CD into computer.

5. “The process of copying CD is possible with any computer…” The word “possible” is closest in
meaning to…
A. Improbable
B. Probable
C. Unlikely
D. Doubtful
E. Suspicious