Recount
text is a text which retells events or experiences in the past.
Its
purpose is either to inform or to entertain the audience.
Generic structure of recount
text :
1) Orientation --> tells
who was involved, what happened, where the events took place, and when it
happened.
2)
Events --> tell
what happened and in what sequence.
3) Reorientation --> consists of
optional-closure of events/ending.
Simple Past Tense
The simple past tense is used to talk about actions and states
which we see as completed in the past.
Simple past
tense is used to :
a)
Talk
about a specific point in time.
- She came back last Friday.
- I saw her in the street this morning.
- I visited Berlin last week.
b)
Talk
about a period of time.
- She lived in Tokyo for seven years.
- They were in London from Monday to Thursday of last week.
- When I was living in New York, I went to all the art exhibitions.
Signal Words of Simple Past:
- Yesterday
- three weeks ago
- last year
- in 2002
- from March to June
- for a long time
- for 6 weeks
- in the 1980s
- in the last century
- etc.
Verbs
Transformations
Regular
verbs
Infinitive (V1)
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Past (V2)
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walk
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walked
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push
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pushed
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opened
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covered
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pull
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pulled
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wash
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washed
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order
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ordered
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Irregular
verbs
Infinitive (V1)
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Past (V2)
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eat
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ate
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drink
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drank
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go
|
went
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buy
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bought
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sell
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sold
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make
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made
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see
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saw
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