Contoh Soal Analyzing Various Manuals and Recipes

Contoh Soal Analyzing Various Manuals and Recipes - Manuals and recipes have the same language features of procedures. They use simple present tense, imperatives, action verbs, adverbials, and connectives.

Further, manual is set of instructions on how to arrange or operate something, while recipe is more specifically used to refer to the instructions of making food. Besides, the structure of manuals and recipes are quite different, where in the recipe it usually mentions the material that is rarely found in manuals.

Procedure text such as manuals and recipes commonly begins with aims or goals. This is about what the set of instructions tells you about. The next part is materials. In recipes, this part consists of the ingredients and tools, while in manuals it is only the tools provided. Then it is followed by the main part of any procedure text, the steps. The steps refer to a set of actions or instructions to do to reach the goal. Conclusion usually takes part as the end of procedure text, but sometimes we find some procedure text without any conclusion; it is okay since conclusion mostly recalls the goals and all.

Do you understand?

To see the difference in the generic structure between recipe and manual, the following table will help you to analyze the difference between recipe and manual in general.

The example of a short recipe and manual above shows you how alike but different a recipe and a manual could be. Recipe is most likely a set of instructions on how to produce something new, while a manual is more like a set of actions to do to overcome some issues; it is a set of instructions to operate things.

Try it!

To deepen your understanding, please listen to these two recordings and decide whether it is a recipe or a manual.

 

The first recording gives instruction about uploading a video on a media social. The purpose is to inform people who do not know the way uploading video on media social so they could deal with the problem.

• The first recording presents a manual. Meanwhile the second recording tells about the benefits of oatmeal for healthy life, and the ways to make some food from oatmeal is also provided.
• The second recording delivers a recipe. In the second recording, the materials to make the food is also mentioned. Both in the first and second recording, the steps of action ns do not end with conclusion.

S1

The word trim in the picture can be replaced by….

S2

Listen to the recording to answer question number 2.

We will need a glass of __________.

The most appropriate to complete the sentence according to the recording is….

S3

The following set of actions can be found in ….

• To set date unscrew and pull out one time.
• To change the time you must pull out the screw twice.
• To initiate timing sequence, turn the screw to the left.

S4

Tap the center button on the bottom navigation bar on the phone screen.

The sentence above can be found in ....

S5

The appropriate instruction to represent the following picture is….

S6

Listen to the recording to answer question 6.

To make a pizza, you will need….

S7

Listen to the continuation of recording in question 6 to answer question 7.

In the process of making pizza, the time needed to bake the pizza is ….

S8

Complete the following steps in an instruction manual of setting phone alarm.

• Download the alarm app
• ..... (8)
• Once you entered the alarm app, look for the ‘+’ to create new alarm
• Set the time and the sound
• Tap the save button

The best step to fill the missing part is ….

S9

The following is NOT the action in the instruction manual of scientific calculator….

S10

The followings are the actions in an instruction manual.

Arrange them based on the recording.

1. Charging is completed in about 3 hours at most.
2. Make the Bluetooth connection from the Bluetooth device
3. Place the Bluetooth device within 1 meter of the unit.
4. Slide the power switch to turn on the unit.
5. Charging starts when the unit and the computer are connected.

Contoh Soal Composing Manuals and Recipes

Contoh Soal Composing Manuals and Recipes - Today, Emma writes her favorite recipe in a piece of paper for her friend, Nina. Unfortunately, her little brother incidentally cuts the paper into four pieces. Try to help Emma to arrange the pieces into good order. The pieces are as follow.

Have you done aranging the pieces? The text above is the complete recipe that Emma wrote to her friend, Nina. A recipe belongs to procedural text. The following is a review on the structures of a recipe, and you can also have a look at the correct construction of the above jumbled pieces.

From the identification above, we can see that procedural text consists of three parts namely goal, materials, and procedure/steps. Nina is trying to cook rice using rice cooker. But she is confused how to do that. Try to help her by writing the steps. You can see the pictures as guidance. Remember, use imperative sentences and words/signs indicating chronological order.

See it!

See another example below:

How to Make Instant Noodles

Ingredients:

• A pack of instant noodle.
• 400ml (2 glasses) of water.

Method:

First, boil 400ml (2 glasses) of water in a pan.
Then, add noodle, stir slowly for 3 minutes.
After that, put the seasoning and chilli powder in a bowl (while the noodle is being cooked).
Next, pour the cooked noodle into the bowl and mix well with all seasoning.
Finally, spread delicious powder, and the noodle is ready to be served.

In the example above, we can see:

1. The goal / aim in the title: How to make instant noodles. The goal is making instant noodles.
2. Materials. The materials or the ingredients are a pack of instant noodle and water.
3. Steps. The steps or the method cover the aspects: § Using temporal conjunctions: First, then, after that, next, finally. § Using imperatives: boil, add, put, pour, spread.

B. Manuals

Bayu has a little sister who is learning how to use computer. Today, she is texting Bayu how to copy a file from my document into a flash disc. Can you help Bayu write a guidance to copy a file from my document to a flash disc for his sister?

Now, try to make a complete procedural text in the following passage.

S1

How is it going? Well, let’s try to practice writing procedural text through this section by choosing the appropriate answer.

Reorder the jumbled steps in copying a file from my document to a flash disc below into a good order ....

1. Click send to
2. First open my document
3. Select removable disk
4. Select the file to copy

S2

Rani’s mother is writing a recipe of Rani’s favorite chicken soup. Read the recipe then answer question.

The word ‘you need’ can be best replaced by ....

S3

The word washing in the text is in inappropriate form. The correct form is ....

S4

...into cups, let it cool. (third step)

The underlined word refers to ….

S5

What should you do before serving pudding? Before serving you should ....

S6

See the picture of steps of a procedural text in the form of a manual guide.

In your opinion, the best title for the text based on the pictures is ....

S7

Look at the picture.

The appropriate sentence to show the step in the picture is ....

S8

Look at the picture.

The appropriate sentence to show the step in the picture is ....

S9

Look at the picture.

The appropriate sentence to show the step in the picture is ....

S10

Read the following manual, then answer the question.

Manual to make a pencil bottle

Materials you need:

• 2 bottles of exactly the same type. You’d better use sturdy bottles, but not too thick.
• Scissors.

Steps:

1. Choose your bottles. Cut the bottle above the indentation pattern, and the other below the indentation pattern. The indentation patterns will help hold the bottle together. Make sure that there are no sharp edges otherwise they will hurt your hands.
2. Put your pencils in the larger half of the bottle.
3. Close the case. Fit the top onto the bottom portion and then push in one of the sides while you put the top on.
4. Use your pencil bottle. You will like it since it is portable – you can put it anywhere you put a drink bottler in your bag.

What should we do before pushing in one of the sides when we want to close the pencil bottle? Before pushing in one of the sides, we should ....

Contoh Soal Procedural Text , Manual

Contoh Soal Procedural Text , Manual - When you buy electronic devices like laptop, fan, refrigerator, television, and many others, do you still confuse how to use it for the first time? What should we do first? Can we use it directly or is there any special treat first before we use it? And how do we know all about information and instruction of the products we buy?

The answer is by seeing the guiding book or user’s guide called by manuals.
So in this chapter we are going to learn various models of manuals and how to use it so we can understand all kinds of manuals in daily life.

What is Manual?

Manual belongs to procedure text. Manual is a guiding book for users that contains detail information about the product. It explains all information about the product start from the introduction of parts of tools, the function of each tools of the product, and how to use or operate and maintain the product. By reading the manual, it is hoped that the users can use the product or tool without any problem.

See the illustration below.

Mr. Aldi buys an extinguisher for his school. He buys it in case there is an emergency situation in his school like if there is a fire. Unfortunately, he can’t operate the fire extinguisher because it is the first time for him to have a fire extinguisher. Then, he finds the manual and he found this:

By seeing the manual, Mr. Aldi knows that there are four steps to use the fire extinguisher. First, he should pull out the pin. Then, aim the extinguisher at the fire. After that squeeze and hold the handle. And the last, sweep the fire side by side.

From the situation above, we can highlight some information about manual. Since manual is part of procedure text, so there are some steps or procedures explained in the manual. We can see the introduction of the tool in manual like the name and the function and how to use or operate it. Whatever you need in your product can be found in manual. Some people call manual by the other names like user’s guide or guiding book.

Kinds of Manuals

We can find manual on many products. We can find it in electronic tools or devices like television, cell phone, fan, air conditioner, LCD/LED monitor, LCD projector, mixer, refrigerator, printer, scanner, copier, and many others.
We can also find manual in household appliances like in gas stove, gas regulator, juicer, rice cooker, steamer, dispenser, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, iron, oven, and many others. 
Then, we can find manual in medical instruments like in stethoscope, digital tester, thermometer, blood tester, ultrasonography (USG) for the pregnant woman, and many others.
There are many other products provide manual to make the users easier in using the products itself.

S1

The manual above is a kind of….

S2

If we want to shutdown the Printer, we should click ….

S3

To change the colour into black, we have to ….

S4

The name of the product is….

S5

From the text we know that….

S6

Look at the manual.

“…It allows an end user to adjust screen performance on select functions …”

The underlined word has the same meaning with….

S7

If we want to play game by using this monitor, to get the best view we can….

S8

The first step to use hot and cool water dispenser is….

S9

If the water dispenser is unstable, we need to …. to solve the problem.

S10

“Place water dispenser in the flat and secure base, and near the power outlet”

The underlined word has similar meaning with….

Contoh Soal Procedural Text , Recipes

Contoh Soal Procedural Text , Recipes - Have you ever learnt how to make your own foods or beverages? Or have you ever tried to make new food? And how do you know about the ingredients and how to make it? 

In this chapter we are going to study about recipe both in traditional recipe or international recipe.

Look at the illustration below:

One day, Dana read her mother’s magazine and there are some interesting recipes in it. Then, she wants to try to make fried rice based on the recipe she reads. So, she hurriedly goes to kitchen and prepares all ingredients and tries to make it. Here it is the recipe.

Recipe is categorized as procedure text. It is a set of instruction telling about the preparation and how to make something like foods and drinks. There are many kinds of recipes. But we can differentiate into two kinds, Food recipe and Beverage recipe. The examples of food recipes are how to make Salad, hamburger, fried rice, fried chicken, satay, french fries, and many more. While drink or beverage recipes are like how to make traditional drink like bajigur, ronde, sekoteng, ginger, and many more. There are also some other recipes like how to make mixed ice, oyen ice, and many more.

From the example above, there are some generic structures of recipe in general, those are:

In making the steps of recipe, we can use some connectors of sequences like:

• First, second, third, etc.
• Then
• Next
• After that
• Finally

S1

The following are categorized as recipes, EXCEPT….

S2

In making the steps of recipe, you will need some connectors of sequences. The INCORRECT connector of sequences is….

S3

Methods:

• First, prepare all ingredients you need. Then, wash until clean.
• After that, peel the fruits.

From the information above, it is called as …. of the recipe.

S4

The text above is a kind of …. recipe.

S5

Before prepare boiling water in basin and mold cendol, we should….

S6

To make Dawet Ayu, we need about…. of water.

S7

Rearrange the following jumbled words into a meaningful sentence.

water1 – dissolved1 – brown2 – until3– sugar4 – with5 – cook6

The correct arrangement of the jumbled words above is….

S8

Rearrange the following jumbled sentences into a correct order.

1. First, prepare all the ingredients; the chopped onions, basil, sugar, garlic salt, and oregano.
2. Then, add the diced tomato. Then add the herbs and spices. Mix in the chopped onions, basil, sugar, garlic salt, and oregano.
3. After that, sauté the onions and garlic with a little olive oil in a very hot pan and add the beef. Burn until it is fully brown.
4. Spaghetti Sauce is ready to serve.
5. I will tell you how to make Homemade Spaghetti Sauce.
6. Next, blend and stir the mixture, then cover and let simmer for five or ten minutes. Stir occasionally.

The correct arrangement of the jumbled words above is….

S9

Rearrange the following jumbled words into a meaningful sentence.

They1 – saute2 – fragrant3 – smell4 – spices5 – until6 - the mashed7

The correct arrangement of the jumbled words above is….

S10

“… stirring gently until boiling. Remove from heat and let them cool.”

The word “gently” has the same meaning with….

Contoh Soal Understanding Manuals and Recipes

Contoh Soal Understanding Manuals and Recipes - Have you ever made a cake? Or repair a toy? If your brother asks you to fix his toy -or your mom asks you to make a birthday cake- but you do not know how to, what would you do then?

Some of you might possibly just turn them down, but some others will find some ways to be a help. They would probably look for the manual instruction on fixing toys or some recipes of making birthday cake on the internet and then try them out. Those kinds of instructions are what so called procedures.

Procedure is defined as a set of actions of doing something. Procedures give the instructions to succeed dealing with matters in chronological order. Toys manuals and birthday cake recipes are the examples. The other common procedure texts include rules and experimental report.

Though they are look the same, manuals and recipes are more or less different. Recipe is more like a set of instructions to prepare and make food, while manuals are practical instructions to do something or to use something. Recipes are procedures of making pizza, how to make chocolate fondue, and steps of making delicious cake, while manuals are the instructions of setting up Gundam robots, how to repair a broken car, and building Lego palace. However, as any other procedural text, both manuals and recipes are similar in the features.

The common features of procedures are as follows:

• Procedures use simple present tense since they talk about general ideas without time restriction.
• Procedures use action verbs, such as take, turn, add, and so on.
• Procedures mostly use imperatives: what to do, and what not to do.
• Procedures use adverbial to reveal time, place, and condition: for two minutes, carefully, firstly
• Procedures use connectives to set the chronological order: then, next, meanwhile

Example:

in recipe: ... then add the chocolate powder into the bowl, and do not stir too fast.
In manual: turn on the light in the backside carefully.

Do you understand?
Here you are provided with a recipe, make notes on the features in the text.

The following features are found in the Green Tea Oatmeal recipe:

1. Simple present tense: all in the serving suggestion
2. Action verbs: prepare, put, pour, add, stir, heat, enjoy
3. Imperatives: all in the serving suggestion
4. Adverbials: firstly, slowly, into a bowl, approximately, for 3 minutes
5. Connectives: next, and

S1

Identify the ingredient. The figure above shows ….

S2

“Add some plain flour and stir until completely blended"

The word stir in the sentence can be replaced by….

S3

The following is NOT a manual….

S4

The following ingredients can be found in ….

• Plain flour
• Buttermilk
• Chocolate powder
• Egg whites
• S5

  “Bake the cookies in the oven_______”

  The best adverb to complete instruction is….

S6

The following part of making suggestion on a recipe is to answer question number 6.

_________ a very thin layer of cream over the whole cake.

The correct action verb to fill the blank is….

S7

The following instruction is to find in manuals ….

S8

“You need two teaspoonful of green tea powder to make green tea pudding.”

The word teaspoonful has similar use with the following terms, except....

S9

The following steps of decorating a plain birthday cake are NOT in a good order.
Arrange them into an appropriate suggestion.

1. Put a number of candles on top carefully
2. Then if ready, spread a very thin layer of cream over the whole cake
3. Do not forget to cover the top of the cake with crumbs
4. Chill the cake before serving
5. After the bake, let the cake for about one hour before decorating

1. S10

   “Pour the fresh milk into microwave safe bowl”

   The words in bold refers to the following kinds of bowl, except….

Contoh Soal Grammar Review , Past Simple vs Present Perfect

Contoh Soal Grammar Review , Past Simple vs Present Perfect - The use of Simple Past and Present Perfect is rather strict for people from UK. If you give a past time signal, you have to use Simple Past, but if you don’t use any time signal, then you have to choose if the action finished in the past or still has important consequences in the present.

SOAL 1

She …. five books so far. (write)

The correct complete sentence is ….

SOAL 2

The baby … an apple last night. (eat)

The correct complete sentence is ….

SOAL 3

They … yet in Surabaya. (not, arrive)

The right sentence is....

SOAL 4

Winda has crashed her car again.

The function of the Present Perfect in the sentence is ….

SOAL 5

Dion: Can you finish your essay tonight? I heard that you lost your laptop.
Aldy: That’s true, but I ... a new one. Don’t worry about that

The correct phrase to complete the dialogue is ….

SOAL 6

Read the following dialogue.

Gian: The Hunger Games was on TV last night. Did you see it?
Boni: No, I …………………….. (1) (fall, asleep)
Gian: Well, you know what? I ……………….. (2) (see) it twice.
Boni: Really? I didn’t know you love that movie.

The correct phrases to complete the dialogue are ….

SOAL 7

Read the following dialogue.

Linda : Have you had you breakfast?
Roy : Yes, I had my breakfast together with the boys.
Linda : What did you think about Billy?
Roy : He’s changed a lot since the last I saw him. He was thin back then.
Linda : And how did you find Gerry? He asked about you yesterday.
Roy : He didn’t join us. He’s been busy recently.

The phrase that does NOT show a finished action is ….

 SOAL 8

Listen to the monologue.

The finished action which still has connection to the present is …

 SOAL 9

Listen to the dialogue.

The statement of finished action is ….

 SOAL 10

Complete the following dialogue.

Riska : Have you seen, Zayn?
Syifa : I think he left about ……………… (1)
Riska : Oh my … Did he ………. (2) something for me?
Syifa : He left a novel on your desk.
Riska : Thank God, I ……………… (3) reading it.

The correct words to complete the dialogue are ….

Contoh Soal Review , Diary

Contoh Soal Review , Diary - To start with, look at a page of a diary below!

The diary shows several actions done in the past (Mom gave a toy car and sister bought cake). The diary also shows a condition or emotion in the past (I was very happy and it was very delicious).

A diary is a record or writings of activities that happens in the past. Because people commonly write diary daily, a diary usually contains the day’s activity and the date of the day. Therefore, a diary aims at keeping the record of personal experiences that happened on the day. Diary is also known as journal. We usually tell past stories on our diaries. We can see whether the story is in past tense or not from the time of action (this morning, years ago, and last holiday). To tell about past activity or event, we can use Simple Past Tense

1. Simple Past Tense Simple past tense is used to tell about event, activity, action or condition that happened previously or before the sentence is said. There are two grammatical hints for simple past tense: the use of past verb and the time signal. a. The use of past verb In simple past tense, the verb used is past verb (in some references is also known as ‘Verb II’). The table below shows examples of past verb.

There are two types of past verb that can be used in simple past tense: action verb and non-action verb. 
- Past sentence using action verb
A sentence which uses an action verb shows an activity or an action whenever read or listened. 
For example: “I saw the movie yesterday” 
The verb ‘saw’ shows an action or a mental image of someone watched a movie (maybe in the cinema or at home)

• Past sentence using non-action verb A sentence with non-action verb does not show an action; instead it shows a condition or situation. In this kind of sentence, the verb used is usually a “be” verb, which the past form are was or were. For example: “They were happy last night “ The “be” verb ‘were’ is used to show a condition of being happy or glad that happened in the past (last night). For singular subject, such as I, it, he, she, or name of something/someone, we use was. For plural “they, we” and “you”, we use were.

b. Time Signal
Time signal is a word or a phrase that shows when the action/event happens. Although the use of time signal is not obligatory (meaning that a past sentence can have no time signal), it can sometimes show that a sentence is in past tense. Common time signals used in past sentence are last, ago, in (year), etc.
To help understanding the concept, pay attention to the example below!

SOAL 1

Last night, they.... to my place.

SOAL 2

My uncle .... Rambutan, bananas, vegetables and more when he came from the village yesterday.

SOAL 3

Apply the aims of a diary, and choose which one of these notes best represents the characteristics of a diary.

SOAL 4

State the characteristics of a diary.

SOAL 5

Apply the characteristics of a diary. If the writer wants to share his/her information in the dairy, a person who has the highest possibility to read a diary is ....

SOAL 6

Apply the characteristics of a diary. If the writer wants to share his/her information in the dairy, a person who has the highest possibility to read a diary is ...

SOAL 7

Write a diary event by using the verbs “take”, “see”, and “is”.

SOAL 8

Complete the following diary using the correct verb and time signal.

Nana’s Diary – December 20
Today ________ very tiring. I ______ to do a lot of tasks from my teacher. I almost ______ asleep during lesson. I just got back to my school _____.

SOAL 9

Before a hotel, this place ...... a hospital two years ago.

SOAL 10

In 1980, the company ......... to regain its popularity by launching a unique product.