REPORT

WRITING
 REPORT WRITING
A report gives information about something.
Besides writing a report on incidents such as
road accidents or snatch thefts, you may be
asked to write about events such as Sports Day,
Teachers Day celebration, trips to places of
interest and so on.)
A report must have a title at the top and the
report writers name at the bottom left.
 What should you do?

1.You should use formal language

2.Reports are normally written in the past
tense
3.You should have a title and write at
least 4 paragraphs.
4.You should have an appropriate ending
with the name of the writer written at
the end.
5.You should keep your sentences short.
 STEP 1: Write a TITLE

You need to give your report a

title that starts with
Report on

For example,
STEP 2: Describe your trip in general

This is important when you write a

report. You need to tell your reader
these first:

Who was the organiser?

What was the activity?
Where was the destination?
How long was the event?
What was the aim/objective of the
event?
 STEP 3: Write your story.
Basically,

What happened on the first day ?

What happened on the second day?
What happened on the third day?

If it happened within a day,

What happened in the morning ?

What happened in the afternoon?
What happened in the evening?

Note: For a report you do not need to put in too

much drama. Be more formal, and talk about
the things that have happened.
 STEP 4: when you finish your
story, give your report a
CONCLUSION

Before you end, say thank you to

the people who have supported
you and helped you or sometimes
you can write about the things
that you have learned from what
happened.
 STEP 5:

Sign off with your

name and your role
(secretary).
 The Format
Report on A Visit to Happy Life Old Folks Home Title

Last Sunday, I went with the English Language Introduction:

Society to visit the Happy Life Old Folks Home. The When was the trip?
students gathered at school, then left for the home by Who joined the
a chartered bus. trip?

We reached the home at 9.00 a.m. The old folks Content

What you saw
were having their morning tea when we arrived. We
and did there?
met the old folks and had a chat with them. Then, we How you felt
distributed clothes and food to each old folk. After about the visit?
that, we read the newspaper to them.
The events in the
Soon it was time for lunch. We helped the workers report are often in
serve and feed the old folks lunch. We also ate with a chronological
them. Then, we helped the workers clean up. order (or the order
in which the
events happen)
At 3.30 pm, we took a group photograph with the
Use Sequence
old folks and workers. The workers were glad for our
connectors
help and the old folks were a little more cheerful.
Closing
We bid farewell to everyone and promised to return
two months later to help out in any way we could. By
the time we left the home, it was already 5.00 pm.

Prepared by,
Saliza
(Saliza Mohd Saleh)
Secretary of English Language Society.
 Write a Report A trip to Sabah
You went for a school trip with other members of the Cultural Society
from your school. As the secretary of the society, write a report about
the trip.

When writing out your report:

-state three benefits you received from the trip

-add any other relevant information

-write in not less than 100 words