Omision Error Additional Error

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1. Types of the Students‟ Errors in Transforming Declarative Into

Interrogative Sentences The following were the several samples of students‟ errors in Transforming Declarative Into Interrogative Sentences verbal positive and verbal negative, nominal positive and nominal negative based on Surface Strategy Taxonomy.

1.1 Omision Error

Omission error is characterized by the absence of a morpheme or a group of a morpheme that must appear in a well-formed utterance. In transforming declarative into interrogative sentences in this research, the researcher found 165 items of omission errors . The following data are presented the samples of errors committed by students: a. Declarative: She did not study English last week. Endang Pertiwis’ answer: Doesn’t study English last week? sentence number 12 in verbal negative . In this sentence, the word „ she ’ is omitted, the correct sentence is: Didn’t she study English last week? b. Declarative: Zulya eats many fruits everyday. Rice Thio Ariskans’ answer: Zulya eats many fruits everyday? sentence number 9 in verbal positive . In this sentence, the word „does’ is omitted, the correct sentence is: Does Zulya eat many fruits everyday? 57 c. Declarative: Risna was not a chubby girl. Ratu Desma’ answer: Does not a chubby girl? sentence number 17 in nominal negative . In this sentence, the word „Risna’ is omitted, the correct sentence is: Wa sn’t Risna a chubby girl? d. Declarative: It is perfect score. Endang Pertiwis’ answer: Does i s perfect score? sentence number 8 in nominal positive . In this sentence, the word „it’ is omitted, the correct sentence is: Is it perfect score?

1.2 Additional Error

Additional error is characterized by the presence of item, which must not appear in well-formed utterance. In this research, the students added unnecessary items in the form of the documentation and there were 367 items of errors. The following data were the sample of errors when the students transformed declarative into interrogative sentences : a. Declarative: Mrs Ida teaches me English. Alba Fathan Herman’s answer: Does Mrs Ida teaches m e English? sentence number 5in verbal positive. In this sentence the word teaches was added „es‟, the correct sentence is: Does Mrs Ida teach me English? 58 b. Declarative: They are not naughty boys. Anis Oktarias’ answer: Do are not naughty boy? sentence number 6 in verbal negative. In this sentence the word Do was added, the correct sentence is: A ren‟t they naughty boys? c. Declarative: Mr Maul is going to arrive tomorrow? Asnandos’ answer: Does Mr Maul is going to arrive tomorrow? sentence number 25 in nominal positive. In this sentence the word Does was added, the correct sentence is: Is Mr Maul going to arrive tomorrow? d. Declarative: We are not going to be lazy doctor. Ratu Desmas’ answer: Do you are not going to be lazy doctor? sentence number 30 in nominal negative. In this sentence the word Do was added, the correct sentence is: Aren ‟t you going to be lazy doctor?

1.3 Misformation Error