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”.