option D were. This is the true answer because the statement above is
present subjunctive with wish; in the fact he knows that it isn’t a holiday
today. And the last, there are 10 students no 1, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 24, 26, 27,
30 33 choose option E had been. Both “had been” and “were” are subjunctive but the item above is present subjunctive, and “had been” is past
subjunctive.
8. Question 12 Past Subjunctive
• The purposes: -
to measure the students’ ability of past subjunctive -
to find out the problems faced by the students • Indicators:
- the students know the pattern of past subjunctive
- the students know the difference between present and past
subjunctive -
the students know the fact sentence of past subjunctive • The item:
His daughter wished he ____ her bike yesterday. A.
buy B.
buys C.
bought D.
had bought E.
will have bought
From table 1 above the writer finds 23 students cannot answer the question correctly. Here the analysis:
The right answer is option D had bought. From the data has been gathered, this is what exactly happens. No student chooses option A buy, 7
students no 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 30 23 choose option B buys. They
choose it because they might think that the concord of he is verb I s-es in present tense, 8 students no 11, 15, 16, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29 26 choose option
C bought, 7 students no 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 18 23 choose option D had bought. It is the true answer because the statement above is past tense with
wished in which time signal is yesterday, therefore, the subjunctive is past
perfect. It means in fact that his daughter didn’t get the bike because he didn’t buy for her
. And the last, there are 8 students 26 choose option E will have bought.
9. Question 15 Past Subjunctive
• The purposes: -
to measure the students’ ability of past subjunctive -
to find out the problems faced by the students • Indicators:
- the students know the pattern of past subjunctive
- the students know the difference between present and past
subjunctive
- the students know the fact sentence of past subjunctive
• The item: The girl behaved as though she ____ mad last night.
A. were going
B. was going
C. had gone
D. has gone
E. will go
From table 1 above the writer finds 20 students cannot answer the question correctly. Here the analysis:
The right answer is option C had gone. From the data has been gathered, this is what exactly happens; 10 students no 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 28, 29
26 choose option A were going, 5 students no 2, 3, 8, 20, 21 16 choose option B was going, 10 students no 5, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27,
30 33 choose option C had gone, it is true answer because the item above is past subjunctive of which subjunctive is past perfect, 5 students no 1, 12,
13, 14, 17 16 choose option D has gone, and 2 students no 15, 23 6 choose option E will go.
10. Question 17 Present Subjunctive
