How to Cook with Microwave Oven – Example of a Procedure Text

This is another example of procedure text. The how to do text is often used as one of materials

 to learn English procedure text. Procedure is commonly written in instructional commands.  So many instructions are consider as the best example of procedure texts.

Remember that procedure text is mostly organized in GOAL, MATERIAL, and STEPS. To write a procedure text, we have to be very familiar with imperative sentences and this is why a procedure text is also called instruction text. Lets see the following example of a procedure text. This time the procedure text is about an instruction to use a cooking ware.

How to Cook with Microwave Oven

Microwave oven is one of modern cooking utensil. The instruction of how to cook with it is an example of procedure text

When you want to cook with a microwave oven, you need the following things:
• plate, non metal plate
• foodHow to cook with a microwave oven?  here are the steps:
• Wash your hands. Remember to be clean before cooking
• Then connect to the electrical supply
• After that, put the food into the microwave
• Don’t forget to decide how long it will heat the food
• Press the button to start heating the food
• Wait for the beep sound. It indicates the cooking process is done
• Finally, take out the food and enjoy it
• Don’t forget to wash hands after cleaning the working area

After reading the instruction on how to cook with microwave oven, students should recognize the generic structure of that procedure text. Follow the organization below!

1. Goal: The function to write the procedure text.
How to Cook with Microwave Oven
2. Materials: Some materials or equipments needed to cook with microwave oven
non metal plate, food
3. Steps: Some important steps needed to follow when cooking with microwave oven
Wash your hands, connect to the electrical supply, put the food into the microwave, Don’t forget to decide how long,Press the button to start,take out the food, Don’t forget to wash hands after cleaning the working area
That’s is the example of procedure text how to to cook with microwave oven. Learning this kind of text needs the good understanding on imperative sentence pattern.