Verbs followed by a clause starting with a question word: Verbs followed by object + to-infinitive

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E. Instrument of the research

The writer used test as an instrument to obtain the data, she made the test about reported speech of Imperative sentence in her research. The writer gave a written test focused on the subject matter that they studied before. The test consists of 20 questions. It is divided into two parts. The first part consists of 10 questions asking the students to change quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable tenses. The second part consists of other 10 questions asking the students to complete the sentences by fill in the black spaces with the suitable pronoun. Kind of instruments that the writer used are: 1. English written test The writer gave the written test to get the data about the frequency of the error in the transform or change quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable tenses and pronouns in learning reported speech of imperative sentence. 2. Interview The writer interviewed an English teacher and some students who got low and high scores to reinforce the analysis and to find out the reasons why the students doing error in learning reported speech of imperative sentence.

F. Technique of Data Analysis

The technique of data analysis used by the writer in this research is descriptive analysis technique percentage, she used formula as follows: P = F X 100 N P = Percentage F = Frequency of error made N = Number of sample which is observed 29 After the writer have the frequency and percentage of error, the writer looked for the average mark by using formula: P = F X 100 N X n p = percentage f = frequency N = Number of students n = Number of items 30

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS

A. Data Description

In this chapter, the writer will report the description of data. She gave the test to the thirty seven students of the first year of SMK Perwira Jakarta. However, there were 2 students absent when the writer gave the test. The test consisted of 20 items divided into two parts A and B. These two parts of test were given to take student’s score in reported speech of imperative sentence; 1. Part A : To test student’s ability to change quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable tenses. 2. Part B : To test student’s ability to change the direct and indirect imperative sentence by using suitable pronoun in its transformation. TABLE 4.1 Student’s score of test result No Students identification Number N Score No Students identification Number N Score 1 Student 1 70 20 Student 20 35 2 Student 2 85 21 Student 21 80 3 Student 3 35 22 Student 22 40 4 Student 4 60 23 Student 23 40 5 Student 5 70 24 Student 24 70 6 Student 6 35 25 Student 25 80 7 Student 7 55 26 Student 26 50 8 Student 8 70 27 Student 27 75 9 Student 9 60 28 Student 28 70 10 Student 10 85 29 Student 29 50 11 Student 11 75 30 Student 30 35 12 Student 12 70 31 Student 31 45 13 Student 13 65 32 Student 32 40 14 Student 14 40 33 Student 33 40 15 Student 15 70 34 Student 34 35 16 Student 16 50 35 Student 35 50 17 Student 17 85 36 Student 36 45