Informational Report Text

1. What the social function of report text?

• to give information about something, as it is
• to report news
• to entertain the readers
• describe something in particular

2. The generic structure of report text is

• title, orientation, description
• title, general classification, description
• general statement
• orientation, events

3. To tell the factual information, the writer mostly uses

• Passive voice
• Present perfect tense
• Simple past tense
• Simple present tense

4. The text tells us about

• an elephant looks very clumsy.
• the Elephant’s peculiar feature
• strange looking animal
• An elephant

5. The third paragraph is mainly about the fact that

• elephants are strong
• elephants can lift logs
• elephants are very useful
• elephants are servants

6. The most distinguishing characteristic of an elephant is

• its long nose
• its large body
• its thick legs
• its clumsiness

7. Which of the following is NOT part of the elephant described in the first paragraph?

• It is wild
• It looks strange
• It is heavy
• It has a trunk

8.The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath (paragraph 2)refers to

• a shower bath
• water
• a shower
• elephant’s body

9. It is stated in the text that the elephant uses the trunk to do the following, EXCEPT

• to eat
• to push
• to drink
• to carry things

10. The text above is in the form of

• Report
• Narrative
• Analytical Exposition
• Recount