Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris X 1 : Filling the form

Filling the form

In the end of the lesson, you are expected to be able to :

• Read the form
• Understand the form
• Ask and give information about self identity and other relevant information to fill a form
• Analyze the part of form
• Analyze the social function, text structure and language feature of forms.

Now let’s begin !

Apperception

If you are new employee in a company, your company might ask you to fill out a form about your identity and family data for filling the company’s employee’s data. In a bank, you will need to fill out a form if you wan o save or withdraw money, or if you want to open a new bank account.

At school, in university and other institutions too, there are many situations in which you have to fill out a form. Have you ever filled a form before ?? I’m sure you all have.

In this chapter, you are going to learn about form and how to fill a form. What is the function of filling a form ? We fill a form to give the required information to certain institution. The information may vary depending on what kind of form we are filling. It is usually for meeting the need of data collection. There are many kinds of form according to the function. The are registration form, application form, bank form, health form, order or request form, and many others. What information is usually needed for each form ? We will find out it together in this chapter.

Before we start, let’s thank to Allah for the chance to learn English today, and let’s pray together so that we can understand the materials in this chapter well. All right, let’s begin the lesson now !

FORM

What is form ?

Form means “a document with blank spaces for information to be inserted”. The information required in forms is usually quite similar to each other. Below are some kinds of information you need to fill out a form:

1. Name

This information is required in all kinds of form. Some forms require the information to be written in block letters or block capitals. It means you have to write everything in capital letters. In forms with boxes, leave one box space between each word.

You may also need to write a tittle. Pay attention to the kinds of the title below:

Mr. is used for all men. e.g Mr. Qomar

Mrs. is used for married woman. e.g Mrs. Qomar

Miss is used for a single woman (jomblo). e.g Miss Siti

2. Address

This is where you write about were you live. Write your address as complete as possible

Contact Number

Some forms need information about your work number and your phone number. Sometimes you need to choose or write the country code then write your phone number.

Date and Place of Birth

The abbreviation of date of birth is DOB and the abbreviation of place of birth is POB. In writing dates in boxes, write one number in each box. Usually, there are two boxes for the date. If your birth date is a single number like 3 and 9, you have to put the number 0 first to fill all the boxes. Sometimes you write the full number of year (2018), but sometimes you just need to write the two last numbers (18)

Signature

It is located in the bottom part of the page, usually on the right side. You may be asked to paste a stamp on the form you are filling. If this is the case, paste your stamp before signing the form, and write half your signature on the stamp and half of it on the paper.

Under your signature, usually you are asked to write down your full name. You can either write your name as usual or write it all in capital letters.

Kinds of form :

1. Registration form : used when we want to register ourselves into an organization, institution, or a membership. We also have to fill in a registration form if we want to create new account for social media of online games.
2. Application form : used when we want to apply for something for example scholarship. We also fill an application form to make our extend our passport or visa, to donate our blood, or to be a volunteer for an occasion or event.
3. Bank Form : used to do transactions in banks, such as opening or closing bank account, creating debit, credit, or ATM cards, and saving, withdrawing, or sending money via teller.
4. Health Form : used in hospitals, clinics, or other health centers or institutions. We are sometimes asked to fill a form when we want to get medical examination. Sometimes the form about our medical condition or about the result of our medical examination is filled by the doctors or other medical staff.
5. Order/Request Form : used to request or order something or some service to a company or an institution.

Example :

registration form to create new facebook account: 

Adapted from worksheet Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris tuntas

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