UNIT 8

FACTUAL
REPORTS

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Learning Overview

Factual Reports

Pronunciation Essential
Center Interlude
Grammar

Words of the World Singular-Plural

Factual Report Text
Nouns
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Words of the World

When you are about to make a factual report, you first need to observe your
surroundings. Factual reports are often based on natural or social phenomenon.
You need to read a lot and broaden your horizons by travelling. In your journey,
you will encounter many interesting facts about the world. Learn these words
regarding travel and try to pronounce them correctly.

- Abroad - Bon Voyage -Distinguish - Globetrotter

- Accommodations - Beverages - Extravagant - Hiatus
- Allure - Clientele - Exude - Leisure
- Amenities - Convenience - Fancy - Picturesque
- Attraction - Delight - Foreign - Ubiquitous
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Factual Report Text

What is it?
A text that describe the way things are, with
reference to a range of natural, man-made,
and social phenomena in our environment is
called a factual report. A report provides
information by stating facts. It also often
describes a class of things. Its purpose is to
present information about something as it is.

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Factual Report Text
How to write
• General classification
It tells what the phenomenon under
discussion is.
• Description
It explains what the phenomenon under
discussion is like in terms of (a) parts,
(b) qualities, (c) habits or behaviors, if
living; uses, if non-natural.
• Dominant Language Feature
a. Focus on general participant.
b. Using Relational Processes to
state what is and which it is.
c. Using Simple Present Tense
(unless the subject or object is
extinct).
d. There is no temporal sequence.
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Factual Report Text

When do I use it?

Report text is used to present information

about a subject or object. It is also used
when you want to classify and/or
describe something using its facts, parts,
behaviour, or qualities.
Some texts using report techniques are
reference articles, research assignments,
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 Essential Grammar
Singular – Plural Nouns

A. For the plural form of most nouns, simply add “-s”

Singular Plural
bottle bottles
cup cups
pencil pencils
desk desks
sticker stickers bottles
window windows

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Singular – Plural Nouns

B. For nouns that end in “ch”, “x”, or “s”, add “-es”

Singular Plural
box boxes
watch watches
class classes
bus buses
buses

bus
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Singular – Plural Nouns

C. For nouns ending in “f” or “fe”, change “f” to “v” and add “-es”

Singular Plural
wolf wolves
wife wives
leaf leaves
life lives
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leaves

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leaf
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Singular – Plural Nouns

D. Some nouns are exclusive and have different plural forms

Singular Plural
child children
woman women
man men
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goose geese
children

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child
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