40 achieved in each tense. The students’ achievement in each tense is presented in the
following tables.
4.7 The Students’ Achievement of Passive Voice in Simple Present Tense
Tense Total Number of
Items Number of
Errors Items Total Number
of Errors Items
Percentage of Errors Items
Simple Present Tense
320 A B
18 64 82 25.63
Data in the table above shows that the students answered incorrectly 25.63 of the total items of simple present tense. They achieved 74.38 of correct answers.
Their errors were mostly in the second part of the test.
4.8 The Students’ Achievement of Passive Voice in Simple Past Tense
Tense Total Number
of Items Number of
Errors Items Total Number
of Errors Items
Percentage of Errors Items
Simple Past Tense
240 A B
22 21 43 17.91
The students’ achievement of the correct answers in this tense is higher than that in Simple Present Tense. The students only answered incorrectly 43 of the total
240 items of Simple Past Tense. That means they achieved 82.09 of correct answers. The errors in the first part of the test were almost the same as that in the
second part of the test.
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4.9 The Students’ Achievement of Passive Voice in Present Progressive Tense
Tense Total Number of
Items Number of
Errors Items Total Number
of Errors Items
Percentage of Errors Items
Present Progressive Tense
240 A B
9 17 26 10.83
In this item, the students’ achievement of correct answers in this item was
quite good. They achieved 89.17 of correct answers. The students’ errors in the second part were more than those in first part of the test.
4.10 The Students’ Achievement of Passive Voice in Simple Future Tense
Tense Total Number of
Items Number of
Errors Items Total Number
of Errors Items
Percentage of Errors Items
Simple Future Tense
240 A B
9 3 12 5
The students’ achievement in the use of passive voice in simple future tense is good. The students’ achievement of correct answers on this item was the highest of
all. The students only answered incorrectly 5 of the total items of the test. That means the students achieved 95 of the correct answers.
4.11 The Students’ Achievement of Passive Voice in Present Perfect Tense
