AN ANALYSIS OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ ERROR IN USING SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT OF SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE AT SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 PALEMBANG

Main Author: TRISKA AMELIA, NIM 372015018
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2019
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  • Keywords: Analysis, Errors, Subject-verb Agreement, and Simple Present Tense. The title of this thesis was” An Analysis of The Eleventh Grade Students’ Error in Using Subject-Verb Agreement of Simple Present Tense at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Palembang”. The limitation of the problem dealt with the subject-verb agreement errors in using simple present tense made by the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Palembang in completion test. The errors that would be analyzed were based on the rules that cover (1) the use of final –s/ -es, (2) basic subject-verb agreement, (3) subject-verb agreement: using expressions of quantity, (4) subject-verb agreement: using there+be, and (5) subject-verb agreement: some irregularities. The formulation of the problem “what errors are made in using subject-verb agreement of simple present tense by the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Palembang?”. The objective of this study was “to find out the eleventh grade students‟ of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 errors in using subject-verb agreement of simple present tense. The researcher used a descriptive qualitative method in this study. The population of this study was the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Palembang. The sample were 34 students of XI IPA 2. The researcher collected the data by using test and analyzed the data by using percentage analysis. The findings of the study showed that there were 398 errors made by the students in using subject-verb agreement. The researcher concluded that the subject-verb agreement errors of simple present tense made by the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Palembang were errors in (1) “subject-verb agreement: using expressions of quantity” covering some of + singular noun, the number of + singular noun, and every one of+ singular noun, (2) “basic subject-verb agreement” covering phrase or clause, and gerund, (3) “some irregularities” covering fields of study, (4) “subject-verb agreement: using there+be” covering there + be + singular noun, and (5) “the use of final –s/-es” covering final –s/-es in noun.