Preposition of Time

• Use at with specific times: at 5:00/at 7:30/at noon/at midnight 

• Use from and to with a span of time: from 6:00 to 9:00/from 1941 to 1945

• Use in with other parts of the day: in the afternoon/ in the morning/in the evening (exception: at night)

• Use in with months: in August/in June

• Use in with years: in 19999/in 2001

• Use in with seasons: in the spring/in the summer/in the winter

• Use on with days of the week: on Sunday/on Tuesday/ on Friday

• Use on with specific dates: on June 30 on April 21, 2001/on New Year's Eve

 (Doddy, Ahmad, Ahmad Sugeng, And Effendi. 2008. Developing English Competencies. Jakarta: Pusat Perbukuan, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional)

The Definition of Recount Text

Recount Text

1.  Recount  text is a text which has social function to retell past events experiences for the purpose of

     informing and entertaining.

2.  A recount text has the following generic /schematic structure.

     Orientations        :  provides the setting and introduce participants.

     Events                 : tell what happened, in what sequence

     Re- orientation   : optional closure of events

3. Function: to tell past events for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Events are usually aranged in a 

    temporal sequence.

4. Types of recount:

    a. Personal recount : retelling of an activity  that the writer/speaker has been personally involve in, such as: 

        biography, autobiography

    b. Factual recount :  recording the particular of an accident, such as : report of a scientific experiment, 

        police report , news report, historical account 

    c. Imaginative recount : talking on an imaginary role and giving detail of events.

(Nursahid and Sudarso, 8SMP Panduan Belajar. Primagama)

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The Sample of Recount Text

My Holiday

                 Last week I went to Mount Bromo. I stayed at my friend’s house in Probolinggo, East java. The house has a big garden with colorful flowers and small pool.

                 In the morning, my friend and I saw Mount Batok. The scenery was very beautiful. We rode on horseback. It was scary, but it was fun. Then, we went to go get closer look at the mountain. We took pictures of the beautiful scenery there. After that, we took a rest and had lunch under a big tree. Before we got home, we went to the zoo at Wonokromo. We went home in the afternoon.

                 We were very tired. However, I think it was really fun to have holiday like this. I hope my next holiday will be more interesting.

(Masruri, M. 9SMP Panduan Belajar. Primagama)

the first paragraph: Orientation
the second paragraph: Event
the last paragraph: Re-orientation