RECOUNT TEXT

WHAT IS RECOUNT TEXT ?

Tells about something that happened in the

past
EXAMPLES
 Biographies and autobiographies
 Newspapers or the television news
 Letters and postcards
 Diaries
GENERIC STRUCTURE
 Orientation
~> introduces the topic or event
 Sequence of events
~> the recount is told in chronological order
(first, second, then, next, finally, etc)
 Re-orientation
~> the writes can give personal opinion
about the topic or event
LANGUAGE FEATURE

 Using the past form like Simple Past Tense

and Past Continuous Tense

 Uses the sequence of event like: first,

second, next, etc.
EXAMPLE OF RECOUNT TEXT
Dear Grandpa and Grandma,

Yesterday at my school we had an International Day. We had

performances, food stalls, displays, raffle ticket draw, and
some of us were dressed in costumes.
We started our day off with performances but the one I liked
best was the one from fourth grade. We played games. The
performance I was in was Labamba.
Straight after our performances we had our lunch. There
were food stalls. They came from Australia, Asia, Arab, and
Greece.
There was also a Trash and Treasure stall where they sold
toys. The school got these things by asking the children to
bring them in.
Although I didn’t win anything, International Day was still fun
 PAST TENSE
(EXPRESS THE PAST
EVENT/MOMENT)
PAST SIMPLE
EXAMPLE-REGULAR VERBS
 Work
1.I worked 1.We worked
2.You worked 2.You worked
3. He 3. They worked
She worked
It
NEGATIVE FORM
1. I didn’t work
2. You didn’t work
3. He
She didn’t work
It

1.We didn’t work

2.You didn’t work
3.They didn’t work
INTERROGATIVE FORM ( ? )
1. Did I work ?
2. Did you work ?
3. Did he work ?
she
it

4. Did we work ?
5. Did you work ?
6. Did they work ?
IRREGULAR VERBS
 Speak
1. I spoke 1. We spoke
2.You spoke 2. You spoke
3. He 3. They spoke
She spoke
It
NEGATIVE FORM
1. I didn’t speak
2. You didn’t speak
3. He
She didn’t speak
It

1.We didn’t speak

2.You didn’t speak
3.They didn’t speak
INTERROGATIVE FORM ( ? )
1. Did I speak ?
2. Did You speak ?
3. Did he speak ?
she
it

4. Did we speak ?
5. Did you speak ?
6. Did they speak ?
THE PAST SIMPLE IS USED:
 To talk about an action that took place in
the past:
 He got up, paid the bill and left.
 I didn’t read the letter, I just gave it to Lee.
 What did you say?
 To talk about a state continued for some
time, but that is now finished:
 I went to school in Scotland.
 Did she really work there for ten years ?

 To talk about actions that happened

regularly in the past:
 I often played tennis with her.
 They never went to the cinema when they
lived in the country.
ADVERB OF TIME
(KETERANGAN WAKTU_:
 Yesterday,
 two days ago,
 last week,
 last month,
 last year,
 in 2005,
 last holiday,
 last semester,
 three years ago,
 …..