Report text merupakan salah satu jenis teks yang dalam bahasa inggris yang

menjelaskan mengenai detail dari suatu objek. Penjelasan yang ada dalam report text
merupakan hasil pengamatan, penelitian, observasi maupun studi mengenai berbagai macam
hal. Report text memiliki tujuan untuk menggambarkan objek dengan apa adanya sesuai
dengan hasil pengamatan penulis.
Struktur teks report memiliki struktur atau generic structure yang perlu Anda ketahui. Berikut
adalah struktur dari report text.
1. General classification
Struktur pertama merupakan bagian pertama yang berisi mengenai beragam informasi umum
berdasarkan hasil pengamatan yang telah dilakukan oleh penulis, hasil pengamatan tersebut
dapat berupa hewan, fenomena alam, tumbuhan dan topik-topik lain secara detail.
2. Description
Struktur kedua dari report text berada di paragraf dua serta memiliki fungsi yang sama dengan
descriptive text yaitu untuk mendeskripsikan lebih dalam mengenai detail dari hasil penelitian
penulis secara terperinci.
Unsur Kebahasaan / Language Feature Report Text
Selain generic structure, report memiliki unsur kebahasaan atau language feature yang perlu
Anda ketahui. Berikut beberapa language features yang perlu Anda ketahui.
1. General nouns, menggunakan kata yang merujuk pada suatu hal secara umum. Contohnya
dog, lion, atau penyebutan hewan lain secara umum tidak spesifik seperti my dog dan lain
sebagainya.
2. Relating verbs atau linking verbs, contohnya is, am, are, look, seem, taste dan lain
sebagainya.
3. Timeless present tense, menggunakan penanda waktu simple present tense. Contohnya
usually, often, always dan lain sebagainya.
4. Technical terms, menggunakan istilah yang berkaitan dengan topik atau pembahasan
report text. Contohnya apabila Anda membuat report text mengenai hewan, maka dalam
report text tersebut haruslah ada istilah atau penyebutan mengenai hewan.
5. Introducing group or general aspect, menggunakan bahasa yang memperkenalkan bahasan
atau obyek penelitian secara umum.
6. Report text berisi mengenai fakta-fakta ilmiah.
7. Judul report text terlihat umum (dapat dikenali oleh pembaca yang tidak memiliki
kompetensi pada keilmuan topik report text tersebut).
8. Biasanya diserta gambar serta data statistic untuk membuktikan hasil dari pengamatan
penulis.
9. Kalimat report text menggunakan pola kalimat simple present tense.
10. Report text menggunakan kata benda umum seperti pada language feature general nouns.
11. Menggunakan kata kerja yang saling berhubungan, sesuai dengan language featurenya
yaitu linking verbs atau relative verbs.
12. Report text terdiri dari suatu objek dan ditambah dengan objek lain.
13. Report text menjelaskan mengenai berbagai macam kelompok dan bukan individu secara
khusus.
14. Report text menggunakan conditional logical conjunction, contohnya so, when dan lain
sebagainya.
Contoh soal Report Text
Text 1
Platypus is a semi aquatic mammal from East to North Australia including Tazmania. Platypus
is one of species of mono dream and the five extreme species. Platypus is also the one and only
mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth. They lay eggs instead of giving birth because it
can make them live young. Platypus have a flat body and tail and are all covered with dense
brown fur to keep them warm. They have webbed feet and large robbery nets. They use their
tail for story joy. Platypus are species that are close to ducks and they are mammals. Their
weights are varieties around 0.7 to 2.4 kg and males are larger than females. Male total length
averages to 50 cm while the female major approximately 45 cm. Platypus has an average
temperature of 32 degrees Celsius and typical of the placental mammals.
1. What is the topic of text 1?
A. Platypus
B. Octopus
C. Hippopotamus

2. How much does platypus weight?

A. 0.7 to 3.0 kg
B. 0.7 to 2.6 kg
C. 0.7 to 2.4 kg

3. What makes platypus stay warm?

A. Their fur
[Link] have flat body
C. They weigh until 2.4kg

4. How long is the male platypus?

A. 45 cm
B. 50 cm
C. 55 cm

5. How long is the female platypus?

A. 45 cm
B. 55 cm
C.50 CM

6. What kind of text above?

A. Narrative text
B. Descriptive text
C. Report text

7. What species is the platypus?

[Link]
[Link] mammal
C. Platypus

9. Where does the platypus come from?

A. America
B. Australia
C. Indonesia

10. What color is the platypus fur?

A. Dense brown
B. Dense mocca
C. Greyish

11. What Do the platypus feet look like?

A. Like a duck
B. A little bit round
C. Webbed feet
B. Text 2
Snakes are reptiles or cold-blooded creatures. They belong to the same group as lizards
(the scaled group, Squamata) but from a subgroup of their own (Serpentes).
Actually snakes have two legs but a long time ago they had claws to help them slither along.
Snakes are not slimy. Snakes are covered in scales which are just bumps on skin.
 Their skin is tough however it’s shiny and it’s used to make them reduce friction as the
snake slithers on the [Link] usually sun bathe on rocks within the heat weather. This
is because snakes are cold-blooded; they have to sunbathe because they need sun’s heat to heat
their bodies up. Most snakes live in the country. Some varieties of snakes sleep in trees, some
sleep in water, however most survive in the bottom in deserted rabbit holes, in thick, long grass
and in recent logs. A snake’s food sometimes consists of frogs, lizards, and mice and different
snakes. The Eunectes murinus will eat little crocodiles and even bears. several snakes defend
themselves with their fangs. Some snakes are protected by scaring their enemies away just like
the elapid snake. The flying snakes glide far away from danger. Their ribs unfold apart and
also the skin stretches out. Its technique is simply just like the sugar gliders.

1. Snakes are cold blooded, that’s why they need

A. Avoid sun to protect their shiny skin.
B. Live in a rabbit hole to avoid sunbathing.
C. They like to sun bathe to make them stay warm.

2. What you know from text 2 about snake fact?

A. They use their claws to slither along the ground.
B. They legs and feet.
C. They don’t like sunlight.

3. How snakes defend themselves?

A. They defend themselves by hissing.
B. They defend themselves by using their fangs.
C. They protect themselves by eating frod or other varieties of snake.

4. What do snakes eat?

A. Frog, cow, mice.
B. Lizzard, other kind of snake, frog
C. Other kind of snake, frog, bird

5. What Eunectes murinus food?

A. Cow, buffalo.
B. Bird, frog.
C. Little crocodile and bears.

6. Where usually snakes live or sleep?

A. Rabbit hole, tree, water
B. Field, trees, cave
C. Rabbit hole, cave, water
7. Based on the text above, what kind of animal snakes are?
A. Poultry
B. Reptiles
C. Mammals

8. Based on text 2 what you know about snake skin?

A. It’s slimmy and shiny
B. It’s tough and slimmy
C. It’s shiny and tough

9. How do flying snakes defend themselves?

A. They Glide far away from danger
B. They defend themselves by hissing.
C. They protect themselves by eating frog or other varieties of snake.

10. How do snakes fly without wings?

A. They borrow bird wings.
B. They run fast and make them fly.
C. Their ribs unfold apart and also the skin stretches out. Like sugar gliders.