Kinds of Error in Using Adjective

4.1.2 Kinds of Error in Using Adjective

1 Omission Errors Omission errors are characterized by the absence of items that must be present in a well-formed utterance. a. Omission of “-ed” This table shows the samples of misformation of “ed”. Error Sentence Reconstruction 28 I was interest playing guitar. I was interested in playing guitar. According to the table above, the type of error is omission error because the students omitted “ed” of the adjective form that must be appeared in the sentence. There is certain adjective that must be followed by “ed”. I think the reason of the students making this error is because they do not understand the use of “ed” form after adjective well. b. Omission of “-ing” This table shows the samples of omission of “ing”. Error Sentence Reconstruction 29 The party was surprise us last night. The party was surprising us last night. Related to the sample above, the students omitted “ing” in the adjective. It is not correct form because there must be certain with “ing” before the adjective. I think this error occurs because of the students’ lack of knowledge in using “ing” in adjective well. c. Omission of “-ful” This table shows the samples of omission of “ing”. Error Sentences Reconstruction 30 The waterfall was really beauty The waterfall was really beautiful. Related to the sample above, the students omitted “ful” in the adjective. It is not correct form because there must be certain with “ful” before the adjective. I think this error occurs because of the students’ lack of knowledge of the form of adjective. Therefore, the students do not know how to put the proper form of adjective well. 2 Misformation Errors Misformation errors are characterized by the use of the unacceptable forms of the morphemes or structure. While in omission errors the item is not supplied at all. In misformation errors the learner supplies something, although it is incorrect a. Misformation of “ed” This table shows the samples of misformation of “ed”. Error Sentences Reconstruction 31 During holiday, I was boring just stayed at home. During holiday, I was bored just stayed at home 32 We were really tiring We were really tired. The Error Sentence become grammatically incorrect because the students put the wrong form of the adjective, it is “boring”, it must be “bored”, and “tiring, it must be “tired”. This error might occur because the students do not understand well about how to use adjective in a sentence.

4.1.3 Kinds of Error in Using Adverb