What Is Form ?

A form is a printed or typed document with blank spaces for insertion of required or requested information.

Filling out forms is often found when we are going to fill out and register ourselves at school, in n agency, company, organization, hospital, bank to create an account, the immigration office to make passports, make identity card, shop online, to create social media account and so on.

Web/ online forms

• bank account

• school registration

• personal data form

• hospital form

• form for making Pasport

• job application form

​printed/offline forms

Types of forms

• ​Social media account

• google form

• seminar form

• university registration

Social function of forms

1. To record a customer enquiry

2. To apply for something

3. To make a booking or reservation

4. To ask people for their opinions/questioners

Structure of forms

1.The name of organization or department

2. Instruction on ow to complete the form

3. The sections to be filled in

4. Signature

5. Respondents name

​Language Features

• Clear instruction

• Consist of boxes or spaces where the user can write or type to fill in the form

• Simple, understanable, and collect the required information

• Long forms normally divided into sections, under heading

• Options choices are often given

• using text fields or check boxes

• Using nouns, noun phrases, adjectives

• Using questions

• Using simple present tense

• Using present perfect tense