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6. Recounts: Factual Recounts

Objectives of the Unit
Upon completion of this unit, you are expected to be able to:
1. rewrite a factual recount with the appropriate generic structure (introduction, sequence
of events, and conclusion;
2. use the Past Tense appropriately in a factual recount;

3. use adjectives and adverbs appropriately in a factual recount;
4. use facts and figures to support a factual recount.

Prepare Before Reading

In this unit and three other units that follow, you will learn about recounts. Recounts
retell events that have already occurred. This leads to a few different types of recounts, i.e.
factual recounts, personal recounts, imaginative recounts, and procedural recounts.

In general, recounts are told in the Past Tense because it recalls events that have already
happened. They are also told in chronological order, which means that they are told in the
order they happened. They often use sequencers like “firstly”, “next”, “then” and “finally”
to signal the order of events. They also use descriptive language to bring the events to life.
In this unit, especially, you will learn about factual recounts. The purpose of a factual
recount is to inform (rather than entertain) the reader about a particular event. You will
often see facts and figures in this kind of recount writing.
A factual recount consists of three parts, i.e. an introductory paragraph, a sequence of

events, and a conclusion. The first part states who, what, where, and when. The second part
retells the events in the order in which they occurred. The third one is optional. It is not
always present in a factual recount.

Detailed Reading
Read the following passage. It is an example of a recount text.

A woman was more than surprised when she came
home and discovered a group of builders in her house
doing renovations in her kitchen. She had no
renovations planned, and even stranger still, a similar
occurrence happened the previous year, when builders
appeared in her garden to undertake work
unannounced. [1]
Chloe Fountain could not understand that the same
"mistake" had happened again, The Daily Star reports.
She was questioning why it kept happening. The
TikToker opened the door and stepped in to find a long

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