Description of the Data

Based on the table 4.2 above, it can be concluded that the highest until the lowest frequency and the percentage of errors in Misformation Error made by students derives from Verb 3 71 errors or 32.8, Object Pronoun 53 errors or 24.5, Subject – Object 50 errors or 22.7, Be 16 errors or 7.4, Ommision 12 errors or 5.6, By Phrase 11 errors or 5.1 and Adittion 4 errors or 1,9. The following table shows some sentences which are classified from misformation of Passive Voice, further sentences see the Appendix 2: Table 4.3 Misformation Error Sentence Explanation and correction 1. Verb 3 Active sentence: She showed them the new baby Passive sentence: They were shown the new baby by her It should change the active into passive sentence. The verb 3 of the sentence is incorrect. It should be revised: They were showed the new baby by her 2. Pronoun Active sentence: They take her to the hospital Passive Voice: Her was taken by them to hospital It should change the active into passive sentence. The object of the active sentence become subject in the passive sentences and if the object of the active sentence is the object pronoun, so the subject in the passive sentence should become personal pronoun. The sentence is incorrect because the object of the sentence does not become personal pronoun in passive sentence. It should be revised: She was taken to the hospital by them 3. Subject - Object Active sentence: The wind blew his hat down the street Passive sentence: The wind was blewed his hat down the street It should change te active into passive sentence. Form of passive voice are: “object in active sentence become subject in passive sentence” and the predicate is using Verb3. The subject and the object of the sentence is incorrect. It should be revised: His hat was blown down the street 4. Be Active sentence: They give you the answer Passive sentence: You was given the answer by them It should change the active into passive sentence. The to be of the sentence is incorrect. The subject of “You” that should be “were” in the passive voices. It should be revised: You were given the answer by them 5. Omission Active sentence: We eat up all the biscuits Passive sentence: The biscuit was eaten by us It should change the active into passive sentence. This sentence is incorrect because ommision of the word “all”. It should be revised: All the biscuits were eaten up by us 6. By phrase Active sentence: They give you the answer Passive voice: It should change the active into passive sentence. The setence is incorrect because miselection of “by” into prepostion “for”.