The Coolest
Gadgets of the
21 Century
st
Ratu Hijriah, S.Pd
3.8. Membedakan fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan
unsur kebahasaan beberapa teks report lisan dan
tulis dengan memberi dan meminta informasi
terkait teknologi yang tercakup dalam mata
pelajaran lain di Kelas X sesuai dengan konteks
penggunaannya
4.8. Teks report
Activity 1
Answer the following questions.
1. What gadget do you own?
2. What type of gadget is it?
3. What do the gadgets look like?
4. What features do they have?
5. How do they work?
6. What are their functions?
The Coolest Gadgets of the 21st Century
Reports Grammar Focus: The
Simple Present Tense,
Action Verbs, Relating
Verbs, the Passive Voice
Information
Report
Information reports are a type of text
that describes a thing generally based on
facts. The texts use a formal tone and
the information is presented objectively.
Therefore, the texts are written in
third person. Also, personal opinions are
minimized in informational reports.
Informational reports consist of:
1. 2.
General classification Description
introduction that covers the series of paragraphs that
definition or classification and elaborates the facts about the
may include a short subject, regarding its parts and
description. their function as well as the use
of the subject and sometimes
its interesting features.
Activity 2
Read again the text and then, answer
the following questions!
1. What is the text about?
2. What is the first paragraph about?
3. What is a smartphone?
4. What is the second paragraph about?
5. What are the parts of a smartphone?
6. What is the third paragraph about?
7. What are the functions of each part of a smartphone?
8. What is the fourth paragraph about?
9. What is the interesting feature of a smartphone?
10.What functions can be performed by a smartphone but not a feature phone?
Activity 3. Read the following paragraphs. Rearrange them into a good description of gadgets.
Despite its small size, it offers faster transfer rate than an optical disk, even a
floppy disk. The data stored is also rewritable. The capacity of a flash drive
varies, but the most frequently sold ones are flash drive with a capacity ranging
from 8GB to 256GB. As a removable memory device, it is handy and durable
because it is not damaged owing to surface scratches or electromagnetic
interference.
The flash drive is a small removable memory device to store data from a
computer to another computer or device.
The flash drive is small because it weighs less than 30 gram. It has three main
parts, namely a USB connector, a small printed circuit board, and a case. The
USB connector connects flash drive to an onboard memory on a circuit board.
Meanwhile, the circuit board is protected by a plastic or metal casing.
Activity 4. Read again the text on Activity 3 that you’ve arranged. Discuss the following topics in pairs.
1. The purpose of the text
2. The structure of the text
3. The language features used
Grammar Focus
The Simple Present Tense
Reports often use the simple present tense because they often
talk about general truth.
Relating Verbs
In reports, relating verbs are often used to link features. Some
of relating verbs used in the simple present tense are is, am,
was, were, be, being, been, are, has, have, had appear(s), and
seem(s).
Action Verbs
To describe something generally, action verbs are used to tell what
the subject does. Hence, these verbs express actions. Some of action
verbs are limit, give, replace, receive, listen, watch, place, take,
transfer, access, send, and find.
The Passive Voice
Example: The circuit board is protected by a plastic or metal casing.
Active Voice
(With Being Verbs)
Positive: Subject + be + complement.
Negative: Subject + be + not + complement.
Interrogative: be + subject + complement?
(With Being Verbs and Action Verbs)
Positive: Subject + verb 1 (+s/es) + object.
Negative: Subject + do/does + not + verb 1 + object.
Interrogative: Do/does + subject + verb 1 + object?
Passive Voice (Action Verbs)
Positive: Subject + be + verb 3 + (by + object).
Negative: Subject + be + not + verb 3 + (by + object).
Interrogative: Be + subject + verb 3 + (by + object)?
S + to be + v3 + (by + object)
Active: I love you
Passive: You are loved by me
Active: Today they buy 5 cakes
Passive: Today 5 cakes are bought by them
Activity 5
Decide a gadget that is useful for class use. Develop what you are
going to say with the following outline.
General statement
Description of parts and
its function
Description of its
interesting features
Activity 6
Change the following sentences into the passive voice.
1. The touch screen replaces the function of keypads on cell phones.
2. Electric vehicles do not produce residues of combustions.
3. The electrical energy affects the efficiency of the cars.
Complete the following sentences with the correct
relating verb. Use the simple present tense.
1. The flash drive _____ a removable memory device.
2. Smartphones _____ a screen.
3. It _____ three main parts, namely a USB connector, a small printed circuit
board, and a case.
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