Contoh Soal Factual Reports , Science and Nature
Contoh Soal Factual Reports , Science and Nature -
Factual Reports
Have you ever observed an animal or a phenomenon around you? What do you do when you observe it? How do you observe? How do you write it into a report text?
Science and nature are very close with our life. They are connected each other and it is important for you to observe them to get information or increase your knowledge about science and nature. Before do the observation, you should know about definition, social function and generic structures of factual report so the readers can easy to understand your report.
In this lesson, you will learn about how to understand factual report in spoken and written context.
In this lesson, you will learn about how to understand factual report in spoken and written context.
- Definition of Factual Report
Factual Report is a text which contains general information about animals, things, or phenomenon in general. It is almost similar with descriptive text, but you should tell the information in general and it can be accepted by people around the world.
- Social Function of Factual Report
Factual Report is purposed to inform the readers about general information about animals, things, or phenomenon.
Generic Structures of Factual Report
There are two generic structures of factual report as follows:
There are two generic structures of factual report as follows:
General Classification
This part states classification of animals, things, or phenomenon in general. It usually introduces the topic by telling its definition and its origin. For example:
This part states classification of animals, things, or phenomenon in general. It usually introduces the topic by telling its definition and its origin. For example:
“A blue whale is the largest animal in the world,”
Description
This part tells about animals, things, or phenomenon in details. In this part, the writer should describe the parts of the things. For example:
This part tells about animals, things, or phenomenon in details. In this part, the writer should describe the parts of the things. For example:
Language Features of Factual Report
- Use scientific language.
- Use simple present tense when tells about the facts.
- Use conditional connector to connect two clauses, sentences or paragraph such as when, so, etc.
- Use common noun and relative verbs such as to be (am, is, are, was, were) and to have (have, has, had).
SOAL 1
Find the correct sentence which describes a phenomenon.
SOAL 2
Identify the sentences which guide you to write a factual report text
- Decide the topic (what you want to describe)
- Identify the main idea in each paragraph
- Give some recommendation for the readers
- Make a conclusion of the text
- Categorize the information based on its generic structures
SOAL 3
Identify the sentence which does NOT describe ducks.
SOAL 4
Read the conversation below to identify what kind of animal do they speakers are talking about.
Egi : What animal did you observe then?
Kamal : An animal which has a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a body-length scaly tail.
Egi : Why did you observe it?
Kamal : I’m just curious why most scientists use it for their experimentation.
Kamal : An animal which has a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a body-length scaly tail.
Egi : Why did you observe it?
Kamal : I’m just curious why most scientists use it for their experimentation.
SOAL 5
Read the statements below to identify the meaning of underline word.
“Monkeys have hands and fingers that are a lot like those of humans. Their fingers and toes are very flexible.”
SOAL 6
Read the paragraph below to identify the main idea of the text.
Lightning is a flash of electricity which expands with thunder. It commonly occurs over land in the tropics. Lightning’s temperature is 34.000 centigrade. Lightning is more dangerous than hurricanes or tornadoes. When a cloud is fully charged with static electricity, lightning occurs. It is followed by the thunder sound. So when you hear a thunder sound, you are in danger of lightning strikes.
SOAL 7
Read the paragraph below to identify the main idea of the text.
Lightning is a flash of electricity which expands with thunder. It commonly occurs over land in the tropics. Lightning’s temperature is 34.000 centigrade. Lightning is more dangerous than hurricanes or tornadoes. When a cloud is fully charged with static electricity, lightning occurs. It is followed by the thunder sound. So when you hear a thunder sound, you are in danger of lightning strikes.
SOAL 8
Listen to the audio to determine the main idea of the monologue you hear.
SOAL 9
Listen to the audio to analyze why the cellular telephone has become more popular.
SOAL 10
Construct the following sentences into a good paragraph.
- Tigers are the largest members of the cat family among lions, leopards, cheetahs, and house cats.
- But they can kill people when they are starving and there is no food.
- Tigers’ fur colored dark orange with black stripes.
- The stripes are used to make them invisible.
- They are only cats with stripes on their body.
- They hunt young elephants, deer, goat and cows.
- They live in large forest Asia.