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next is Misordering with 21 of total errors or 14. The last is Addition with 9 of total errors or 6. 2. Error Description and Explanation After presenting the error into types of errors which are written by Heidi Dulay, the writer would like to talk more about the errors of the use of Simple Past Tense in the students’ narrative text. The students’ errors are classified into four: omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. Lastly, regarding the writing format, the writer explained the table of each student’s error constructions consisting types of errors see appendix 2 in the following paragraph. Here is the complete description of the students’ errors: 1. Student 1 There are three types of error found in the student’s writing. The name teen is tono and tini and Tini comes from a very rich family are classified as misformation error since the student used incorrect verb forms in those constructions. They are supposed to be The name of teens were Tono and Tini and Tini came from a very rich family. Meanwhile, another error construction made by the student considered as omission error. The student omitted a word or a morpheme. In construction Tini very sad, I love him dad. The student missed to put a verb was in the construction and omitted a verb inflection. They are supposed to be Tini was very sad, I loved him dad. The last, the student committed misordering error such as my father agreed relationship tini and tono. It should be her father agreed their relation. 2 Student 2 There are three error constructions made by the student which are considered as omission error, such as they live in small village, it is supposed to be they lived in a small village. The student omitted the verb inflection –ed. Another error type found in the student’s writing is misformation error. They are they have a relationship and tini’s parents are very upset. The student is supposed to use had as past verb rather than have. Also in tini’s parents are very upset, the student should have used were not are. The last, the students committed a misordering error too. It is the mother’s tini, it supposed to be Tini’s mother. 3 Student 3 The error constructions which were made by the student are classified as omission error due to the lack of an auxiliary verb was as in because he rich and a suffix –ed as in tini’s parents agree with their relation. It is should be Tini’s parents agreed with their relation. Meanwhile, the other three constructions used incorrect auxiliary or verb form. Hence, these error constructions are classified as misformation error, they are she have a good heart, tini’s parents doesn’t like tono, and they both have two child which used incorrect past verb have instead of had whereas the sentence is in simple past tense, and negative form of doesn’t rather than didn’t. The sentence are supposed to be she had a good heart and Tini’s Parents didn’t like Tono. 4 Student 4 The student made three types of errors. They live in different states and any problems that plague them contain omission errors since the student did not put the suffix -ed. While the sentence they realized if they were life degree is very different is classified as addition and misformation error. The student put unnecessary auxiliary were in the sentence and put incorrect verb of simple past. The student used is rather than was. It is supposed to be they realized if their life degree was very different. 5 Student 5 Error constructions found in the student’s writing are considered as omission, misformation, and misordering errors. The student omitted the the verb inflection –ed such in Tini want to go leaving the parents, it should be Tini wanted to go leaving her parents. Another error which is found is misformation error. The student wrongly chose the verbs for past tense. Instead of is, has, and are, it