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d The Use of Passive in Active Sentence
[159] Student‟s answer: Right now I am attending class. Yesterday at this
time, I was attending class. Tomorrow at this time, I have been attended
class. R 26 Sentence [159] is incorrect both in context and in form. The sentence is an
active sentence, while the answer is in present perfect and passive. Subject I is a doer, hence the answer must be in active.
e Wrong Verb Form in Auxiliary will
[160]
Student‟s answer: That oak tree will still stood there fifty years from
now. Sentence [160] is also incorrect both in context and in form. It must be in
future progressive tense, not in simple future. It is also incorrect in form because modal auxiliary will is followed by simple past verb or past participle. Auxiliary
will is always followed by bare infinitive Alexander, 1988: 299. The correct
answer should be
“That oak tree will still be standing there fifty years from
now.
”
2. The Students’ Mastery on Tenses
The students‟ mastery on tenses was determined by the value of the mean. The mean of the test scores was 53. It meant that the average score
achieved by each student was 53. The score was below the minimum standard of mastery which is 56 from the maximum score. It was categorized into
Insufficient D. In conclusion, the students had not mastered the tenses especially PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter consists of two parts. The first part presents conclusion from the research results and data analysis. The second part presents suggestions for the
students, the lecturers, and future researchers.
A. Conclusions
The study was aimed to find out the mastery and the errors the students of the English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University
Yogyakarta in using the tenses. There were two research problems that were discussed in the study. They were 1 What are the errors that the students of the
English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta made in using tenses? and 2 What is the mastery of tenses of the
students of the English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta? To solve these two research problems, the writer used a
test as an instrument of the research. The test consisted of fifty items. It included ten tenses used in the study. They were simple present tense, present progressive
tense, simple past tense, past progressive tense, present perfect tense, present perfect progressive tense, past perfect tense, past perfect progressive tense, simple
future tense, and future progressive tense. The test results were used to determine the students’ mastery on tenses. Besides, the errors made by the students were
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