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Handout Formal Report Structure

The document provides guidance on writing formal reports in different formats. It discusses including context and purpose in the introduction. For type A reports, each choice should be examined with favorable and unfavorable details. Type B reports present a chronological record of events. The report concludes with a recommendation based on the evidence provided.

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Handout Formal Report Structure

The document provides guidance on writing formal reports in different formats. It discusses including context and purpose in the introduction. For type A reports, each choice should be examined with favorable and unfavorable details. Type B reports present a chronological record of events. The report concludes with a recommendation based on the evidence provided.

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Cambridge IGCSE First Language English Handouts

Formal report structure

1 Context

Indicate in the introduction what you are reporting on, whom and for what purpose the report is being written.
The person(s) receiving the report, as well as the writer of it, is likely to be someone in an official position, and
the formal and factual style must reflect this.

2A Type A report (examination and judgement of competitors)

If bullet points or names are provided to help you structure a formal report, each should be addressed and
extended into a paragraph which uses ideas and details from the text to support your evaluation of the choices
(e.g. to examine the qualifications of different candidates for a job). You should select both favourable and
unfavourable information for each choice to show that you are capable of arriving at a fair judgement.

2B Type B report (record and evaluation of one subject)

If the report requires a chronological structure (e.g. if it is a witness statement or account of an experience or
series of events), then the information must be presented in paragraphs in the order in which it occurred, with
the timings made clear throughout. Your style will be factual and objective.

3 Recommendation

Whichever type of report you are writing, you will be producing evidence for the forming of a final judgement by
yourself or by your audience. A witness statement will not end with a personal opinion – though the evidence
should speak for itself – but most reports will take a final position on the topic and reach a conclusion either by
giving a preference for one of the candidates or a recommendation for a future course of action.

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