Language Features of Procedural Texts Year 8 english

Nouns Nouns or noun groups are used in the listed material or equipment e.g. screws, nuts, bolts, screwdriver, wood

Concise wording Often the name of an item is omitted instead of being constantly repeated and an ellipsis is used

Personal pronouns The person following the instructions may not be referred to or may be referred to in a general way as one or you. There is little use of personal pronouns e.g. he, she, me, we

Conjunctions Conjunctions are used to show chronological order e.g. before, while, then, after, when

Action verbs Action verbs start most sentences e.g. take, put, link

Adjectives Adjectives add details relating to size, shape, colour and amount e.g. place the red cube there

Tense Present tense is generally used e.g. ‘is’ instead of ‘was’, ‘now’ instead of ‘then’

Vocabulary Vocabulary ranges from technical to everyday language according to the target audience Examples of technical language: Cars – torque, caster, EPA fuel technology Downloading Music – FLAC, zip files, bpm, torrenting

Emphasis Emphasis is often given to important information by underlining it or writing in bold

Adverbs Adverbs add detailed information about how, where and when

This isn’t a story Clear, simple, precise but detailed language is to be used