From the table above, it could be known that the most error that students made is in number 5, all the students answered wrongly, otherwise number 1 is
the less error that students made, no students did the wrong. After the writer got the students’ test score, she would analyze the
student’s’ errors. After the writer analyzed some errors, she would count the number of errors by tabulating and calculating the result of errors. She would
process the calculation of result of the test by changing the result of result of results into percentage.
Next in the explanation below, the writer would like to analyze about the students’ difficulties when they learn regular and irregular verb past tense and
past participle with the observation, test, and interview result.
a. Observation
The writer did the observation by observing the students when they were in the teaching-learning process and their activity in classroom and out of
classroom. From the observation, the writer could state that when the teacher was
explaining the regular and irregular verb, some of the students focused on their teacher’s explanation but the others talked each other and exactly they didn’t
focus on it. Then, when the writer observed their activity in rest time, some students
who didn’t focus on English lesson of regular and irregular verb ignored the irregular and regular verb lesson and they didn’t want to know at all but the
other students asked the recent lesson to the some student who focused on it.
b. Test
1. Past Tense of Regular Verb
The following table will present about frequency of error in past tense of regular verb
TABLE 4.4 Frequency of Error in Past Tense of Regular Verb
Regular Verb Number of Item
Frequency of Error F
Percentage p of error,
N=12=100
1 2
7 58.3
4 4
33.3 8
1 8.3
14 3
25 Past Tense
5 items 15
Total 25
Adapted from students’ test item The table above shows about the students’ error from exercise about
Regular and Irregular verb in past tense of regular verb. It consists of 5 questions. None of students got the false answer of number 1. The percentage
of error of number 1 is the lowest from all items, that is 0 .From that table it is also known that number 2 is the highest one with percentage 58.3.
The explanation from the table above is that in number 1 there is no student or 0 student who made errors, in number 2 there are 7 58.3
students who made errors, in number 4 there are 4 33.3 students who made errors, in number 8 there are 1 8.3 student who made errors and in
number 14 there are 3 25 students who made errors. From the table above, to find out the whole average. It is used the
formula: F
P = x 100 Nx5
15 = x 100
12x5
= 25
The data shows that there are 25 students who got difficulty in past tense of regular verb
After she analized about the table, she would like to analize about all item in past tense of regular verb, as follow:
1. They … their lesson two days ago. discuss
In item number 1, there were 0 student or 0 who chose the wrong answer. The right answer is discuused.
2. On our way home last week, we … at some places. stop In item number 2,there were 7 students ot 58.3 who chose the wrong
answer.The righr answer is stopped.
3. Last Saturday night , my friend…me to come to her birthday party. invite
In item number 4, there were 4 students or 33.3 who chose wrong answer.The right answer is invited.
4. Mr. Amru was a doctor. He … in this hospital ten years ago. Work
In item number 8, there were 1 student or 8.3 who chose the wrong answer. The right answer is worked
5. On last vocation, I … to National Museum. Visit In item number 14, there were 3 student or 25 who chose the wrong
answer.The right answer is visited
2. Past Participle of Regular Verb
