November 2013 ~ Yopa's Blog

Senin, 18 November 2013

Report Text

•Definition of Report
Report is a text which presents information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic observation and analysis.

•Generic Structure of Report
1. General classification : Stating classification of general aspect of thing; animal, public place, plant, etc which will be discussed in general

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Participle constructions

Participles, Participle constructions

Use

1	to shorten relative clauses
2	to make one sentence out of two
3	after verbs of "perception" (e.g. see, watch, hear, listen to, smell, feel)
4	after verbs of "rest" and "movement" (e.g. run, go, come, stay, stand, lie, sit)
5	after the verb have
6	instead of a subordinate clause

Form

present participle

an exciting race

past participle

excited people

Examples

1	The cars *which are produced* in Japan are nice. The cars produced in Japan are nice.
2	I saw the man. He came to the shop. I saw the man coming to the shop.
3	I saw the car coming round the corner.
4	The girl sat sleeping on the sofa.
5	I have my clothes washed.
6	*When they went* to Texas they expected a better job. Going to Texas they expected a better job.

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How to express your opinion

Expressing opinion
I think...
As far as I'm concerned,..
To my mind,...
According to me,...
As I see it, ...
It seems to me that...
In my point of view / my opinion,....

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Adjective Clauses

Adjective Clauses

At a certain point in your writing in English, you should be able to identify every sentence you write as simple, compound, or complex. Two additional structures, adjective clauses and appositives, will give you a much greater sentence variety within which to accomplish your writing objectives. This page contains a small amount of information about adjective clauses along with just ten very difficult exercises. First, we will define what adjective clauses are and how they work.