Procedure Text

    Procedure text is a text that is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps. It explains how people perform different processes in a sequence of steps. This text uses simple present tense, often imperative sentences. It also uses the temporal conjunction such as first, second, then, next, finally, etc.

Some point of procedure text:

1. The generic structures of procedure text are :

• Goal/aim ( or title)
• Materials (not required for all procedural texts)
• Steps (the actions that must be taken)

2. Language Features of Procedure Text 

     In the Procedure Text, we use 

• SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE. And:
• Use of imperatives (e.g.: cut, don’t mix)
• Use of action verbs (e.g.: turn, put, mix)
• Use of connectives (e.g. : first, then, finally, …)
• Use of adverbial phrases (e.g. : for five minutes, 2 centimeters from the top) 

3. Generic Structure of Procedure

• Goal : It is containt the purpose of the text. (e.g : How to make spagheti)
• Material or Ingredient : it is containt of the materials that used in the process. (e.g : the material to cook omelette are egg, onion, vegetable oil, etc)
• Step : it is containt of the steps to make something in the goal. (e.g : first, wash the tomatoes, onion, ...., second cut the onions becomes slice. . . )