Recount Diagnostic Assessment

What is a recount text?

• A text that tells about a past experience

• A text that gives information about how to make something

• A text that tells about the future

• A text that describes someone's personality

Which of these is an example of a recount text?

• A recipe

• A personal diary entry

• An advertisement

• A weather forecast

What is the main purpose of a recount text?

• To explain how to do something

• To share a story about the past

• To tell how something works

• To describe a person or place

In which part of a recount text do you find the time, place, and people involved?

• Title

• Orientation

• Events

• Reorientation

What is the function of the reorientation in a recount text?

• To explain the result of an event

• To express personal feelings about the event

• To describe a new event

• To add new information

Which sentence is written in the past tense?

• I enjoy the trip to the zoo.

• I am enjoying the trip to the zoo.

• I enjoyed the trip to the zoo.

• I will enjoy the trip to the zoo.

Choose the correct sentence in past tense.

• She writes a story about her holiday.

• She wrote a story about her holiday.

• She is writing a story about her holiday.

• She will write a story about her holiday.

What is the past form of the verb "go"?

• Goes

• Gone

• Went

• Going

Which of these words is an example of a time connector used in recount text?

• Slowly

• First

• Happy

• Quickly

Identify the correct sentence for a recount text.

• I will visit my uncle tomorrow.

• I am visiting my uncle now.

• I visited my uncle last weekend.

• I visit my uncle every day.