Student 28 Student 29 Student 30 Student 31 Student 32 Student 33 Student 34 Student 35 Changing active voice into passive by Using appropriate tense in passive Changing object in active voice into The Technique of Data Analysis The Analysis of Data

1. Student 1 62 19.

Student 19 55

2. Student 2 65 20.

Student 20 39

3. Student 3 46 21.

Student 21 48

4. Student 4 25 22.

Student 22 45

5. Student 5 54 23.

Student 23 28

6. Student 6

57 24. Student 24 53 7. Student 7 73 25. Student 25 71 8. Student 8 63 26. Student 26 79 9. Student 9 51 27. Student 27 67 10. Student 10 45

28. Student 28

71 11. Student 11 61

29. Student 29

55 12. Student 12 60

30. Student 30

72 13. Student 13 12

31. Student 31

74 14. Student 14 49

32. Student 32

61 15. Student 15 45

33. Student 33

51 16. Student 16 79

34. Student 34

71 17. Student 17 68

35. Student 35

80 18. Student 18 33 Table 2 Difficulties in Passive Voice and Its Distribution No. Kinds of Difficulty Number of items

1. Changing active voice into passive by

supplying correct form of be in some tenses A1 – A8

2. Using appropriate tense in passive

voice a. Simple present C2 C1, C10

b. Simple past

c. Present continuous

d. Past continuous

e. Present perfect

f. Past perfect

g. Modal auxiliary

h. Two object

i. Stative

C3, C7, C11 B3, C6, C12 B2, C4, C13 C5, C14 C8, C16 C15, C9 B1, B4 – B10

3. Changing object in active voice into

subject in passive voice D One Paragraph Six sentences.

3. The Technique of Data Analysis

The technique of data analysis used by the writer in this research is descriptive analysis technique percentage, which is described in the table percentage. In this table percentage the writer used the formula: P = f x 100 N P = angka persentase percentage f = frekuensi yang sedang dicari persentasenya total error N = jumlah frekuensibanyaknya individu total error 13 After having percentage and frequency, the writer looked for the average mark by using the formula: 13 Anas Sudijono,Pengantar Statistik Pendidikan, Jakarta: Raja Grafindo Persada, 2005 p. 42 P = F x 100 N x n P = Percentage F = Frequency N = Number of students n = Number of item test

4. The Analysis of Data

From the data collected, the writer would like to identify the difficulties in constructing passive voice. The frequency of difficulty in changing form of “be” in some tenses could be seen in the following table: Table 3 Frequency of the difficulty in changing form of “be” in some tenses No. Form of “be” Item Number Frequenc y of Difficulty Percent age 1. Simple present A1 5 29.43

2. Simple past