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Present simple and present continuous - Descriptive text
Descriptive text is a text that aims to explain, describe, or describe something. This thing can take the
form of anything, be it animals, objects, locations, and so on.

Usually descriptive text is characterized by the use of easy tense and focuses on one specific object. The
object is then discussed again in more detail in the descriptive text
Descriptive text can also mean:

provides information about how something or someone looks, this text uses words to describe what
something or someone is like.
also provides facts about how Indonesian is actually used according to the rules and how this text should
be used.

The characteristics of the descriptive text itself include:

1. The verb used is an attribute verb, such as be (am, is, are);
2. The tense used is easy tense; and
3. Only focus on one object.

Elements of Descriptive Text

1. Noun
Using specific principle nouns, such as my cat, my swain, monument. In addition, often also use
adjectives to clarify the use of nouns or nouns, such as a giant house, a sensible student, associate degree
independence lady.

2. Simple Tense
Using the basic verb or the first form (verb 1) and using the verb principle can show the ownership or
state of an object. Descriptive text uses easy tense because descriptive text tells a fact of the Iranian
language object that is described. For example, My workplace has twenty two floors, Azka is pretty, and
others.

3. Action Verbs
Using the verb principle indicates an activity or an activity the principle can be seen. For example, sleep,
walk, sing, dance, and others.

4. Figurative Language
Using Indonesian figurative principle or describing something, usually using a metaphor to illustrate to
the reader. For example: My love for you is as massive because the ocean. - My love for you is as wide as
the ocean. Her skin is as white because of the snow
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Example:

A traveler girl
She is a Traveler Girl. Her name is Romana Maya, her friends call her in May. She likes to go somewhere
to a single destination or more. She has long brown hair. His mother is Chinese so she has slanted black
eyes as like as his mother. She has a medium nose and she has thin lips.  She has oriental skin. She is
pretty tall. It’s about 168 cm. Her friends love her so much because she is independent, easy going
person, friendly and helpfulness. She has a favorite color. It is black. Right now, she is sitting and
enjoying the view. She is wearing maroon headgear and a maroon scarf. She is wearing sunglasses and a
watch. She is wearing a blue blouse. She is wearing black jeans. She is wearing socks  and black mountain
sandal. She is bringing a black backpack. She is bringing photography stick.

The coolest boy on campus

He is Jack Ortiz, his friends call him as Jack Cool. Because He is the coolest student on campus. He has
short brown hair with his own style. His mother is American so he has blue eyes as like as his mother. His
father is Mexican so that’s why, he speaks Mexican accent, sometimes. He has thin lips and his nose is as
sharp as a blade. He has white skin. He is pretty tall. It’s about 178 cm. His friends love him so much
because he is friendly and helpfulness. He has a favorite color. It is red. Right now, he is sitting down
under the tree and playing games on his smartphone. He is wearing an earring on the left.  He is wearing a
red jumper and a gray T-shirt. He is wearing blue jeans, a gray sock, and gray sneakers. He is bringing
a backpack.

Past simple and past continuous - recount

Recount text is a text that serves to retell past events or experiences.

For example, you want to tell your historical experience, then it is included in the example of recount text.
So, if you are confused about the topic of recount text, you can write your personal experience.
Another example of recount text is a person's biography, of course in the biography there will be a story
about that person's past.

Then, there is also recount text in the form of reports of past events. The events around you can be turned
into a recount text.

Making recount text is like writing an essay, but it doesn't need a long explanation. It is enough to make
sure the structure used is complete, you can also write your own recount text.
Although the essence of recount text is the same, namely telling of past events, recount text also has
several types, namely:

Personal Experience or Personal Recount Text

This type of recount text is usually taken from your point of view. You can lift your experience and
feelings towards an event into recount text. In addition, writing on the text is also lighter and easier to
digest.

Event Report or Factual Recount Text

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This type of recount text is similar to report text or report text. The difference is, the report on the recount
text is not as detailed as the report text. You can tell events or events that occur from newspaper or
television news.

Imaginative or Imaginative Recount Text

You can also present imaginative stories through recount text. Maybe you can describe your feelings and
thoughts without any particular incident. It could also be a fictitious event.

recount text has at least 4 characteristics that distinguish this type of text from other texts. The following
are the characteristics of recount text:
recount text also uses past linguistic elements or past tense.
Requires conjunctions such as after, before, then to string events together.
Use action verbs to describe activities, such as ate, bought, went, slept.
Provide information about place and time or adverbs and adverbial phrases to further clarify the
atmosphere and events. The structure of recount text generally consists of 3 parts, : orientation, main
event, and re-orientation.

Example:

Trip to Lake Toba

Last summer I went to Lake Toba with my family. We had been planning this trip for a few months. On
the first day, our family immediately checked into the hotel and had lunch. After that, we headed straight
to Lake Toba and spent the whole day there. We went back to the hotel after sunset. The next day, we
explored the area around Lake Toba. The culture there is still original and I learned a lot about the local
language. We spent the holidays for 3 days and 2 nights. It was a short but a fun trip. I can’t wait to visit
Lake Toba again on the next holiday.

Trip to Grandma’s House

Last week, my family and I visited Grandma’s house. Grandma’s house is located in Kampung Panjang
Village. We went there by car and took two hours. When we arrived at Grandma’s house, we were very
welcomed. There are already uncles and aunts who arrived there first. Cousins and nieces also enlivened
my grandmother’s house. We spent one week there. Grandma’s house was never empty. As we rarely
met, we couldn’t stop asking about life one another. The week passed fast. I didn’t want to go home, but
work was waiting. Other families also said goodbye on the last day.