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Definition of the simple past tense The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now . The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important. Examples John Cabot sailed to America in 1498. My father died last year. He lived in Fiji in 1976. We crossed the Channel yesterday. You always use the simple past when you say when something happened, so it is associated with certain past time expressions frequency : often, sometimes, always I sometimes walked home at lunchtime. I often brought my lunch to school. a definite point in time : last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago We saw a good film last week . Yesterday , I arrived in Geneva. She finished her work at seven o'clock I went to the theatre last night an ind...

The recount Text Social function, Definition, Generic structures, Language features and examples. Social function of the recount text : to retell events for the purpose of informing or entertaining Definition of the recount text:  Recount text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past. Its purpose is either to inform or to entertain the readers. There is no complications among the participants and that differentiates from narrative text. A recount text has an orientation, a series of events in chronological order, personal remarks on the events, and a reorientation that “rounds off” the sequence of events.  Generic Structures of the recount text: Orientation: Introducing the participants, place and time. Events: Describing series of event that happened in the past. Reorientation: It is optional. Stating personal comment of the writer to the story Language Features of the recount text: Introducing personal participant; I, my group, et...

In Indonesia, recount texts are included in the 2013 Curriculum. Students should be able to comprehend the recount texts and to write one. According to Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan (2013: 88-89), students should understand the purpose, the structure of the texts, and linguistic elements of recount texts. Students are also required to compose oral and written recount texts about their experiences, activities, events, or phenomena around them and to understand the meanings provided in recount texts. A recount text is a text which tells the readers what happened. Derewianka (1990: 15), who is supported by Knapp and Watkins (2005: 234), provides the structural features of recount texts. In the usual way, recount texts have orientation which is followed by series of events. Derewianka states that orientation gives readers or listeners the background information needed to understand the text, such as who was involved, where it happened, and when it happened (Derewianka, 1990: 15...

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