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Report Writing Language of A Report

The document discusses the key features of writing a report, including using the simple present tense to describe actions that are ongoing or habitual, employing sequence connectors to clearly outline steps or stages, and utilizing the passive voice to emphasize important information or describe actions where the actor is unknown or unimportant. It provides examples and exercises to help readers practice these grammar and vocabulary concepts for effective report writing.

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Report Writing Language of A Report

The document discusses the key features of writing a report, including using the simple present tense to describe actions that are ongoing or habitual, employing sequence connectors to clearly outline steps or stages, and utilizing the passive voice to emphasize important information or describe actions where the actor is unknown or unimportant. It provides examples and exercises to help readers practice these grammar and vocabulary concepts for effective report writing.

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Week 5: Report

Writing
Language of a Report
3 parts:
i. Simple Present Tense
ii. Sequence Connectors
iii. Passive Voice
OBJECTIVES
Simple Present
Passive Voice
Tense

Sequence
Connectors
1. Grammar Present Tense
& Vocabulary When action i) is
happening
now and ii) happens
Sequence Connectors
regularly.
Passive A.k.a ‘Linkers’
Used for: shows
i. Emphasis order/stages/step
ii. Verb > Doer s involved.
iii.is/are + present
participle + ‘by’ Help readers
follow flow of
1.1 Present Tense When?
i. Generalizations: was true
before, true now & will be
How? true in the future
i. 3rd person singular ii. Reference to now: Action
verb: is happening
root verb + -s / iii. Repeated actions: Usual
-es e.g hobby, habit, etc
ii. Plural/1st iv. Events in near future:
person/2nd scheduled events
person singular
verb:
Task 1: Practice 4, p.
40-41 of
Communicative
English 2
1.2 Sequence
Connectors
How?
i. Sequence stages
ii. Locate stages:
First, …/Firstly, …
Next, … /Then, …
After that, …
Subsequently, …
iii. Describe what
happens at each
stage
(Study & Learning Centre, RMIT, 2005)
Task 2: Practice 1, p.
32 of Communicative
English 2
1.3 Present Passive Forms
i. Present Participle:
a. is/are –en/-ed
b. e.g is taken, are processed, is put, are cut,
etc.

ii. Passivisation:
a. Sentence construction = [Subj.] [Verb] [Obj.] /
SVO
b. Subj. swapped/switched with Obj.

iii. Addition of ‘by’


S V O
Active
Mary cleans the room.

S V
O
Passive
The room [is cleaned] by
Mary.
Task 3: Practice 1 and
Practice 3, p.36, 37 and 38 in
Communicative English 2.
Written Exercise: Attempt
the process writing exercise
given on LMS (under week 5)
using the language features of
a report that you’ve learnt so
far.
Nor Ainon Zakaria, Aishah Muslim, Mazlin Mohamed
Mokhtar & Prapagaran Bala Krisnan.
(2014). Communicative English 3. Polytechnic Series.
Oxford Fajar Sdn. Bhd.

Developed by the Study&Learning Centre RMIT. (2005).


Linking Words. Retrieved on 8th February 2018 from
https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_writingskills/
writing_tuts/linking_LL/sentence.html

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