55 In this item, there were 6 errors of total 12 errors. The students chose
option D would hear. This answer is surely incorrect. It is clear that the test is on passive voice. However, option D is an active sentence. The answer
must be in a form passive voice with simple future tense. The correct answer for this item is will not be heard option B.
3. Item number 6 part B: John is a naughty boy. He always disturbs his friends. If the teacher
knows about his attitude, he … will+punish. There were only 3 errors of total 12 error items. In this item, the
students’ incorrect answer was would punish. This incorrect answer is not a passive sentence. The correct answer must be will be punished.
From the explanation above, the writer can conclude that the students’ mastery in the use of passive voice with simple future tense is the best of all. The
students’ achievement in this tense was 95. It is almost perfect. The students only made 12 errors of the total 240 items of simple future tense.
4.3.2.5 The Students’ Difficulties of Passive Voice in Present Perfect Tense
From total 240 items of passive voice in present perfect tense, the students answered incorrectly 59 of them. It means the students achieved 75.42 of correct
answers. The total 59 errors consisted of 13 errors in item number 7 part A, 10 errors in item number 8 part A, and 36 errors in item number 7 part B.
1. Item number 7 part A:
56 Teacher: Have you decided which university that you’re going to
apply, John? John
: I think I’m going to study at Sanata Dharma University. It … by mother when I ask her this morning.
Teacher: I’m happy to hear that. If your mother has suggested it for you, I’m sure that your mother knows the best for you.
The students answered incorrectly 12 items of total 59 errors items. Most of the students answered incorrectly in this item chose option D have
suggested. This is not the correct answer, because this option is an active sentence. It was very clear that this test emphasizes on passive voice. The
correct answer for this item is option A has been suggested. 2. Item number 8 part A:
Mom : Lucky, have you done washing the dishes?
Lucky : It … by Cynthia this afternoon mom.
There were 10 errors in this item. Five students chose option D have been done. It was incorrect because the subject of this sentence is I. The
students have to choose has. In this case, the students chose have. It was surely incorrect if the students chose option D. The correct answer for this
item is option C has been done. 3. Item number 7 part B:
Chris : Have you paid your school fee? Rachel : It … pay by my father this morning.
57 In this item, there were 37 incorrect answers made by the students.
Most of the students answered this item using Simple Future Tense. Their incorrect answer is will be paid. This answer is incorrect because the action
has been done by someone. In an active voice, the subject of a clause is the one who do the action. According to Murcia and Freeman 1999, the subject
of a clause is most often the agent, or doer, of some action. It is not about the plan to pay the school fee. The fact is the school fee
has been paid. The other incorrect answers used passive voice with simple past tense was paid. It was also incorrect. The students can easily answer the
question correctly if the students pay attention on the previous sentence provided in this item. Therefore, the correct answer for this item uses passive
voice with Simple Present Tense. The correct answer is has been paid. From the explanation above, it shows that the students’ mastery in passive
voice with Simple Present Tense was lower than that in Simple Present Tense, Simple Past Tense, Present Progressive Tense, and Simple Future Tense. The students
achieved 75.42 of correct answers. In this tense, the students can master the form and meaning well. The students made more errors in using this tense. The students
answered incorrectly when the students use this tense in part B. The students do not pay attention on the previous sentence provided in this item. It seems that the students
directly answer the question without looking at the supporting sentence in this item. The writer also realized that the students still confused in differentiating the use of
58 simple past tense and present perfect tense in passive voice. The students do not
master well how to use those kinds of tenses.
4.3.2.6 The Students’ Difficulties of Passive Voice in Past Perfect Tense
