What do you of it? What have you think of it?

61 Sentence [81] is incorrect because subject He does not match with be verb. Subject He is a third singular pronoun. Past form of be for Subject He is was not were. The correct answer is “…was not…” d Mixed Tenses [82] Student‟s answer: I called Roger at nine last night, but he is did not at home. R 47 There are two verbs in sentence [83]. They are be ‘is’ and auxiliary verb did. The first verb is in present tense, while the second verb is in past tense. It is incorrect answer when these two verbs occur in one phrase. 3 Other Errors in Simple Past Tense a Omission of Verb Verbless [83] Student‟s answer: A: Have you read his last book? B: Yes, I have. A: What do you of it? B: I liked it very much. R 19 Sentence [83] is incorrect. It needs a verb in the interrogative sentence. Auxiliary do is followed by a simple verb while in dialogue [83] does not provide simple verb. It requires the word think as a word in parentheses. The correct answer is “...did you think…” b Wrong Verb Form in Auxiliary have [84] Student‟s answer: A: Have you read his last book? B: Yes, I have. A: What have you think of it? 62 B: I liked it very much. R 34 Auxiliary have or has must be followed by past participle. Sentence [84] is incorrect. In present perfect tense, havehas is followed by past participle. In this case, sentence [84] should be in past, in simple past tense not in the present perfect context. It expresses an activity that began and ended in the past at one particular time in the past. c Wrong Context and Word Order [85] Student‟s answer: I called Roger at nine last night, but he must be not at home. R 42 The question asked about the existence of Roger, not about the conclusion. The use of must be is to express a conclusion, something certain. Sentence [85] is incorrect both in context and in word order. The order is must not be not must be not . Not immediately follows an auxiliary verb or be Azar, 1989: A18. Not is put after auxiliary must.

d. Errors in Past Progressive Tense

The errors the students committed in using past progressive tense were classified into three main categories. Three main categories have several sub- categories. Those categories can be seen in Table 4.7. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 63 Table 4.7: Errors in Past Progressive Tense Category Types Frequency Context-related errors a. Wrong Choice of Tenses. 78 b. The Use of Passive in Active Sentence 2 Form-related errors a. Subject and Verb Disagreement 16 b. Omission of be 3 c. Wrong Spelling 2 Another Error a. Subject and Verb Disagreement 4 1 Context-Related Errors a Wrong Choice of Tenses The writer also found some students made errors related to context in past progressive tense. The functions of past progressive tense are to express an activity that was in progress was occurring, was happening at a particular time in the past, and to express two actions which are in progress simultaneously Azar, 1989: 24. These are the examples of context-related errors: [86] Student‟s answer: A: Who were you talking to on the telephone as I came in?

B: I talked to Mr. Pitt. Simple past tense, R 5