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e. The Data Analysis of Word class
The next analysis is the word class with total 56.42. Here, the students made error by putting the words in the wrong class.
• Incorrect Sentences -
She is very smart, explicit, and fierce. -
I love she because … -
Her face is circle. -
She has two black eyes and sharp nose. • Corrected sentences
- She is very smart, open, and disciplined. - I love her because …
- She has got a round face. - She has got two black eyes and a pointed nose.
Students sometimes think that they have found the correct words and they can be used at anytime. In this case, the students have to be able to differentiate
the function and the meaning of the words first before applying them in sentences.
f. The Data Analysis of Sentence structure
The descriptor for sentence structure is the sentence is not complete or perhaps is too long and need to be reorganized and there were 33 students who
made the errors with the percentage 53.78. The examples of the errors were:
• Incorrect sentences - Humorist and kind teacher.
- She always clothes tidily.
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- I always attention what she teach. - If are the student not do home work, so the student will get
punishment.
• Corrected sentences - She is a humorous and kind teacher.
- She always wears her clothes tidily. - I always pay attention of what she teaches us.
- If the students do not do their homework, they will get a punishment.
For the first sentence, there was no subject of the sentence. The second, there was no verb to explain the subject and the noun. Third, it needed the verb.
And fourth, the usage of auxiliary verb to support the negative form of simple present tense.
g. The Data Analysis of Spelling
There were many students who made mistakes in spelling. Although it is simple, but if the students did not be careful, they would make many mistakes.
The percentage was 43.68.
• Incorrect sentences - She is fourty five years old now.
- … but I know that she is angry if only we make mistic. - She has whit skind and black eyes.
- She is a good theacher
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• Corrected sentences - She is forty five years old.
- … but I know that she is angry if only we make mistakes. - She has got white skin and black eyes.
- She is a good teacher.
h. The Data Analysis of Singularplural
The percentage for singularplural was 42.54, and there were 23 students who made errors on singularplural.
• Incorrect sentences - There are five English teacher in my school.
- Mrs. Suci is one of teacher in SMP N 1 Muntilan. • Corrected sentences
- There are five teachers in my school. - Mrs. Suci in one of the teachers in SMP N 1 Muntilan.
i. The Data Analysis of Punctuation
Punctuation was at the bottom of the rank with the percentage 26.76. Punctuation in a writing is used as the ‘separator’ between ideas. Here are some
mistakes made by students.
• Incorrect sentences - She live in Tempel, Sleman, Yogyakarta
- She is a teacher in class seven And she is very honest - She has whit skin She teaches al of class seven She is guardian
class seven C. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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• Corrected sentences -
She lives in Tempel, Sleman, Yogyakarta. - She is a teacher in class seven and she is very honest.
- She has got white skin. She teaches all of seven classes. She is
the counselor of class seven C. Every sentence in English always begins with a capital letter and ends with
full stop. They are used to differentiate one sentence from another.
From the analysis above, it could be concluded that the grammatical errors commonly made by the seventh grade students of SMP N 1 Muntilan was Subject
Verb Agreement. Students in their writing still made mistakes for the subject and its verb agreement. Although actually in at a glance the sentences were
understandable, but grammatically, they were kind of errors.
B. The Data Analysis of the Second Question
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