was prepared in form of multiple choice questions in 50 items of simple present tense mastery test, and make a text to describe in from essay of writing descriptive text test.
Then, the test item was evaluated to get good items that were tested in the test.
G. Instrument of the Research
Instrument is the whole process of preparing to collect the data.
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In this research the writer applied objective and essay test as instrument for collecting the data. The
objective test was applie d to find out the students’ simple present tense mastery and
the essay test to measure the students’ writing descriptive text. The construction of
the test described below: a. Simple present tense mastery test
The simple present tense mastery test is in the form of multiple choices test with four options; a, b, c, and d. Before the writer gave try out test to students, the instrument
consisted of 50 items and after try out test the instrument consisted of 40 items. The classification of simple present tense can be seen in the table 5 and 6 below:
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Ibid, p. 110
Table 5 The Spesification of Try Out Test for Simple Present Tense Mastery
No. Aspects
Item Number Odd
Even Total
1. Nominal Sentence
a. Positive form 1, 3
2, 4 4
b. Negative form 5, 7
6, 8 4
c. Interrogative form 9, 11
10, 12 4
d. Negative Interrogative form 13
14, 16 3
2. Verbal Sentence
a. Positive form 15, 17
18, 20 4
b. Negative form 19, 21, 23
22, 24 5
c. Interrogative form 25, 27
26, 28 4
d. Negative Interrogative form 29, 31
30 3
3. Time Signals
a. Adverb of Time 33, 35, 37,
39, 41 32, 34, 36,
38, 40 10
b. Adverb of Frequency 43, 45, 47,
49 42, 44, 46,
48, 50 9
Total 25
25 50
Based on the table, it can be concluded that there were 50 question for try out simple present tense mastery test. In nominal sentence positive, negative, interrogative, and
negative interrogative form, there were 7 odd question and 8 even question. The total was 15 question. In odd question, they were 1, 3, 5, 7 , 9, 11, and 13 while and even
question, they were 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16. Then in verbal sentence positive, negative, interrogative, and negative interrogative form there were 9 odd question and
7 even question. The total was 16 question. In odd question, they were 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, and 31 while in even question, they were 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, and
30. And then, in time signals adverb of time and adverb of frequency, there were 9
