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 Chapter 8

Inventions Make
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 Chapter’s Goals
Structure and Language
Understand Factual
Features of Factual
Reports
Reports

Analyze Factual Write Factual

Reports Reports
 Understand Factual Reports

What is factual report?

A factual report text is a text that provides

information about something. This report text allows
the readers to have better understanding about a
living or non-living subject.
 Understand Factual Reports

Characteristics of factual report

• Uses facts to explain something.
• Gives details about a topic.
• Does not contain personal view, commonly use
third person omniscient point of view, where the
storyteller knows everything.
 Understand Factual Reports

Example of a factual report text

A telegraph is a machine that is used

for transmitting message in the form of
electrical impulses, which can be
converted into data. The message
which is sent by a telegraph is called
telegram or cablegram.
 Understand Factual Reports

Example of a factual report text

Telegraphy was a major mode of

communication from the middle of the
1800s until 1900s. Nowadays, people
do not use it anymore, because
inventions like telephones and internet
are faster than telegraph.
 Structure of Factual
Report
A factual report text has two common structures,
which are:
• General classification: Introduces the topic of the
factual report, such as type, the class, or the sub-
class
• Description: Tells about shape/form, parts, the use,
the history of the invention.
 Structure of Factual
Report
A factual report text is contains
• General information
• Bundles of specific
information
 Language Features of Factual Reports

The use of indefinite and definite articles (a/an/the)

The indefinite article ‘a/an’ is used, when:

• To refer to something which is mentioned for the first time

• Use ‘a’ for the nouns started with consonant letters
• Use ‘an” for the nouns started with vocal letters
• Use ‘a’ or ‘an’ for singular countable nouns
 Language Features of Factual Reports

The use of indefinite and definite articles (a/an/the)

The definite article ‘the’ is used, when:

• To refer to something which has been mentioned before

• Use in the sentence or clauses where we define or identify
a particular person or object
• Use with superlatives and ordinal number
• With a group of year or time phases
Language Features of Factual Reports

In composing a factual report text, simple present tense is used.

SUBJECT + to be + V1

Example of simple present tense with singular and plural subject

A car runs Cars run
A truck moves Trucks move
A car doesn’t run Cars don’t run
A truck doesn’t move Trucks don’t move
Language Features of Factual Reports

Topic Sentences and Supporting Sentences

Topic sentence is a sentence that expresses the main idea of
the paragraph in which it occurs. Contrary to popular belief, topic
sentence does not always have to place at the beginning of
paragraph. It can be placed at the beginning, in the middle,
and at the end.

However, the location of placement serves different purposes.

 Let’s Practice!

• Plan a certain text of factual report

• Show the draft to your teacher
• Copy the text on a piece of paper
• Let your friends evaluate your composition

Use the list on page 174 to help you compose factual

report.
 Kisi2 PTS II
• Text: Report Text: (Ocean Liners – Plasma TV) – Bees Dying for a
Phone Call? – It’s Not Really a Choice
• Grammar:
- Present Passive
- Past Passive
- Present Perfect Passive
- Future Passive
- Causative Have
- Vocab Make and Do – Everyday English