Reading text

   1 .      Text that explain how something works or how to use instruction/operation manuals e.g. how to use the video, the computer, the tape recorder, the photocopier, the fax.

   2 .      Text that instruct how to do a particular activity e.g. recipes, rules for games, science experiments, road safety rules.

   3 .      Text that deal with human behavior, e.g. how to live happily, how to succeed.

This text contains about purpose of making or operating of something.

Materials consist of ingredients that are used in making something. But not all parts of procedure text includes materials, sometimes a procedure text does not have materials section.

Contains the steps or sequences that must be done so that the objectives outlined in the aim/goal to be achieved. Steps or sequences must be a sequence from the first to the last.

The purpose of procedure text is to tell the reader how to do or make something. The information is presented in a logical sequence of events which is broken up into small sequenced steps. These texts are usually written in the present tense. The most common example of a procedural text is a recipe.  

├╝  Using imperative sentence patters (Command), for example, Cut, Do not mix, and so on.

├╝  Using active verbs, such as turn, put, do, mix, etc.

├╝  Using connectives (Conjunction) to sort of activities, such as then, while, etc.

├╝  Using adverbials (Adverbs) to express detail the time, place, manner accurate, for example, for five minutes, 2 hours, etc.

├╝  Using the simple present tense.