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SMAN21Medan,Thewriterwantstomakesurestudents’ability tousesimplepast
tense.That’swhythewriterwantstodescribeandanalyzethestudents’abilityin using simplepasttenseatSMAN21Medan.Thestudentshavestudiedsimplepast
tensein Englishsubjectwhich
istwiceaweekfor each
classand the
time2x 40
minutesforonemeeting wasallotted.Furthermore,
thewriterneedsfurther some
evaluation of thegravityfrom each typeof abilityin a communicativeor pedagogical pointofview.Thewriterchoosesthisschoolaslocationof theresearch becausethe termsof
accessibilityand thesameresearchsarenever conducted there.
1.2 Problem of theAnalysis
Basedonthedescription above,theproblemsofthisresearcharestated in the formof questions:
a.TowhatextentthetenthyearstudentsinSMAN21Medanareabletouse simplepasttense?
b.Whatarethecausesforstudentswhoobtainedlowestscorefornotbeen able to usesimplepast tense?
1.3 Objectiveof theAnalysis
Theobjectiveof thisresearchare: a. To find outto what extentthetenth year studentsof SMAN21 Medan able to
usesimplepast tensein sentencesthatincludestheir score. b.Tofindoutthecausesforstudentswhoobtainedlowestscorefornotbeen able to
usesimplepast tense.
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1.4 Scopeof theAnalysis
ThescopeofthisanalysisisontheabilityofthestudentsofSMAN21 Medan in usingsimplepast tense.In aresearch, it isveryimportant to limit thescope
ofanalysistogettherelevantdata.Itwillbebetterby limitingtheanalysisintothe
abillity ofusingtenses.TensesareoneoftheimportantpartswhenweuseEnglish languageorallyor
in writing.
1.5 Significanceof theAnalysis
Thisresearchisastudy onstudents’ability inusingsimplepasttense.Ithas
muchpositivesignificancenotonlyforthestudents,but alsoforthe Englishteachers intheir attemptstoimprovetheirteaching andlearning techniquesofEnglish grammar,especially
simplepasttense.Specifically,thesignificanceofthisresearch arestated asfollow: a.Itis expected thattheresultof this research canprovidesomevaluableand
usefulinformationaboutthestudents’ability inusingsimplepasttenseforthe
English teachers so thattheteachers can motivatetheirstudents to improvetheir abilityin
usingsimplepast tense. b.Itisalsoexpectedthatthethesis canbeareferenceforotherresearchers who are
interestedin analyzingsimplepast tense much deeper.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OFLITERATURE
2.1 RelatedStudies
Previousstudiesareneededto helpthewriter in completing thethesis.Some of theprevious studiesare:
Prambandarie2008inherthesis entitledAnAnalysisOnPrimarySchool Students’ AbilityTo
Use Personal
Pronouns: ACaseStudyOn TheSixth
Year StudentsOfSDNNO.101878
Tg.Morawa,concludesthat thisstudyismainlyaimed
atdescribingthestudents’ability tousepersonalpronouns.Thestudentswhohave
very goodabilityinusing personalpronounsassubject are11students36,7 outof
30respondents,9students30outof30respondentshavegoodability inusing
personalpronouns as subject.6students 20outof30respondentshaveaverageability inusingpersonalpronounsassubject,4students13,3outof30 respondents havepoor
abilityin usingpersonalpronounsas subject. Batubara2009inherthesisentitledAnErrorAnalysisofAuxiliaryVerbs Madeby
the20062007 Ninth GradeStudentsofMadrasahTsanawiyahAl-Ullum
Medan,concludesthatthemosterrormadeby studentsistheusingofdo36,26,
theusingof be32,90, and an errorin usinghave30,84. Pujiasi2010in her thesisentitledThe ErrorsofUnityandCoherence in Writing
English ParagraphMadebyTheSixthSemester Students ofD-3
English StudyProgramofUSU,concludesthat
theerrorsare appearedespeciallyinusing
the unityelements. There are24,03 37errors and 75,97 117 errors.
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Napitupulu2010inherthesisentitledAnErrorofUsingAdverbsbythe EleventhYearStudentsofSMANegeri7Medan.Basedonherresearch,thereare
someerrorswhichmadeby studentsomission21,12,misinformation25,35,
misordering23,94,and overgeneralization 29,57. Rukiah2011inherthesisentitledAn ErrorAnalysisInUsingPassiveVoice Made
ByEleventh YearStudents OfMAN 1 Panyabungan, concludesthat theprocess ofteaching andlearning EnglishPassiveVoiceinMAN1Panyabunganisgood enough, but
itneedsto be improved to decrease thenumber of errorsin using passive voicewhichmadebythestudents.Shefindsthemosterrormadeby
studentsin simplefuturetense27,75,simplepasttense26,59,andthe
lastissimple present tense20,23.
Achirani2011inherthesis entitledAnError Analysis ofUsingPresent Tense Made by Students of Second Year Junior High School of Madrasah TsanawiyahAl-
Washliyah16Perbaungan,concludesthatthemosterror madeby studentsinpresentperfect continous93,27,simple present75,74.Present
Perfect69,28,and presentcontinous61,71.
Djayanti2012 in her thesis An Error Analysis Of The Use Of Simple SentenceMadebyTheNinthGradeStudents ofSMPNegri2
Pancur Batu,concludes
thatsomany problemswhichmadeby ninthgradestudentsofSMPNegri2Pancur Batu.Shefindsoutthemosterrormadebystudentsisformationerrors,involves: preposition,
conjunction, noun, adverb, adjective,
gerund, modals, be,
article, pronoun,anddeterminer48,52,arrangingerrors,involves:misorderingofverb
phraseandmisorderingofnounphrase19,95,deductionerrors,involves:-ing, article,verb,preposition,reflexivepronoun,pronoun,determiner,possesivemaker,
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and be 25,15, adding errors, involves:determiner, plural maker ses, -ing, modal,be,possesivemaker, verb,preposition,pronoun, adjective,article,noun, third
personsingularverbmaker11,39.So, theconclusionistheabilityinusing
simple sentencesof studentsin SMPnegeri2 Pancur Batu isnotgood.
2.2 GeneralConceptof TheSimple Past Tense 2.2.1 TheUnderstandingof Tense
