the formula is to be + 3
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form of the verb. I think that this error might occur because they do not understand about making passive sentence.
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26. Two letters are being
writing by him to his parents.
Two letters are written by him to his parents.
In the original sentence, there are two kinds of errors which are found they are: addition and misinformation errors. The addition error
happens because the students present of the items ‘being’ that must not appear in this sentence. Then misinformation error because of using the
wrong form of the verb ‘writing’. This error might occur because the students still fell confused about making passive sentence.
4.1.3 The errors of Using Present Continuous Tenses
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1. The world cup soccer
games is being televised all over the
world. The world cup soccer games are
being televised all over the world.
Misinformation error is found in this sentence. The students used the wrong form of to be ‘is’, it must be ‘are’. It implies that the error
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happened because the students lack of understand about subject verb agreement.
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2. The world cup soccer
games are television all over the world.
The world cup soccer games are being televised all over the world.
There are two kinds of errors which are found in this item, they are: omission and misinformation. It is found omission error because the
students left out to use ‘being’, that must appear in grammatical sentence. Then misinformation happens error because the students used the wrong
form of the verb ‘television’, it must be ‘televised’. This error might occur because the students do not understand well about passive form of verb
tense. Original sentence
Reconstruction 3.
The world cup soccer games are be televised
all over the world. The world cup soccer games are
being televised all over the world.
This sentence, the students used the wrong form of to be ‘be’, it must be ‘being’. The kind of error is called as misinformation error. It
implies that the error happened because the students do not understand about the present continuous tenses in used passive form of verb.
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4. The world cup soccer
games re being television all over the
world. The world cup soccer games are
being televised all over the world.
In the original sentence misinformation error is found in this sentence. The students used the wrong form of the verb, it is ‘television’, it
must be ‘televised’. It implies that they are not able to distinguish passive form of verb tense. That is the cause why they made error.
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5. The roof is repairing
by the men. The roof is being repaired by the
men.
We can see that there are two kinds of errors that can be found in this sentence, they are: omission error and misinformation error. Omission
error happens because the students left out item ‘being’ that must appear in grammatical sentence. Then they also produced misinformation error, that
is the students used the wrong form of the verb, it is ‘repairing’, it must be ‘repaired’. This error might occur because the students still feel confused
about the passive voice.
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6. The roof is be repairing
by the men. The roof is being repaired by the
men.
In the original sentence, there are two words of errors which are found in this sentence is called misinformation error. The students used the
wrong form of to be ‘be’, it must be ‘being’ and of the verb ‘repairing’, it must be ‘repaired’. It implies that error happened because the students do
not understand about passive form completely. Original sentence
Reconstruction 7.
The roof was being repaired by the men.
The roof is being repaired by the men.
In this sentence, the students used the wrong form of to be, it is ‘was’, it must be ‘is’. The kinds of error is called misinformation. I think
this error occurred because they do not know how to form passive sentence grammatically.
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8. The homework is be
done by us in the bedroom.
The homework is being done by us in the bedroom.
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Misinformation error is found in this sentence. The students used the wrong of the to be, it is ‘be’, it must be ‘being’. It might occur because
the students do not understand well about passive sentence. Original sentence
Reconstruction 9.
The homework is do by us in the bedroom.
The homework is being done by us in the bedroom.
In this original sentence, there are two kinds of errors which can be found they are: misinformation error and omission error. The students
used the wrong of the verb, it is ‘do’, it must be ‘done’. Then, they also made omission error because the students omitted the item ‘being’. We
must add ‘being’ in present continuous tenses especially in passive form. Original sentence
Reconstruction 10.
The homework is being do by us in the
bedroom. The homework is being done by us
in the bedroom.
Misinformation also found in this sentence. The students used the wrong of the verb, it is ‘do’, it must be ‘done’. This error might occur
because the students do not understand well how to construct passive sentence.
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11. The homework is being
to done by us in the bedroom.
The homework is being done by us in the bedroom.
In this original sentence, addition error happens because the students presented the item ‘to’ that must not appear in this sentence.
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12. The homework was
being done by us in the bedroom.
The homework is being done by us in the bedroom.
In the sentence, the students made error in using the verb form. The students used the wrong form of the verb, that is ‘was’, it must be ‘is’.
Here it could be seen that the students do not well about the verb form. This error is called ‘misinformation’.
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13. A letter is be sent by
him. A letter is being sent by him.
We can see that the students used the wrong form of to be, it is ‘be’, it must be ‘being’. So the error of this sentence is called
misinformation error. From this, I think the students might make error because they have not understood yet about passive form completely.
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Original sentence Reconstruction
14. A letter is sending by
him. A letter is being sent by him.
There are two kinds of errors which can be found in this sentence, they are: misinformation error and omission error. Misinformation error
happens because the students used the wrong form of the verb ‘sending, it must be ‘sent’. Then, omission error happens because they omitted item
‘being’. This error might occur because the students do not understand about passive form of verb tense.
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15. A letter is being to send
by him. A letter is being sent by him.
In original sentence, there are two kinds of errors found in this sentences, they are: addition error and misinformation error. The students
produced addition error, that is they present the item ‘to’ which must not appear in grammatical sentence. Then, there is also found made
misinformation error that is they used the wrong form of the verb, it is ‘send’ which must be ‘sent’. I think they might produce this error because
of the lack of understanding of passive voice. Original sentence
Reconstruction 16.
My car is being repairing by him.
My car is being repaired by him.
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In this sentence, the students produced misinformation error, here, they used the wrong form of the verb. That is ‘repairing’, it must be
‘repaired’. I guess that they forgot to use the present continuous tense in passive tenses. It also might occur because of the lack of knowledge about
passive form of verb tense. Original sentence
Reconstruction 17.
My car is prepared by him.
My car is being repaired by him.
Omission error is found in this sentence, the students left out of the ‘being’. Since in the present continuous tense as passive form must be
used ‘being’. So the students left out of the word ‘being’. It is needed to show the is still confusing.
Original sentence Reconstruction
18. My car is to repairing
by him. My car is being repaired by him.
There are two kinds of errors which found in this sentence. They are: misinformation error and addition error. Misinformation error
happened because they used the wrong verb form, that is ‘repairing’, it must be ‘repaired’. Then, addition error happens because the students
present the item that must not appear in that sentence. It is ‘to’. I assume
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that this error might occur because of lack of knowledge about passive form of verb tense.
Original sentence Reconstruction
19. A taxi is be driven by
him. A taxi is being driven by him.
Misinformation error is found in this sentence, the students used the wrong form of to be, that is ‘be’, it must be ‘being’. Because the
sentence used present continuous tenses as passive voice. From this case, I conjecture that they might occur because of lack of knowledge about
passive form of verb tense. Original sentence
Reconstruction 20.
A taxi is being driving by him.
A taxi is being driven by him.
Misinformation is also found in this sentence, misinformation error happens because they used the wrong form of the verb, that is ‘driving’, it
must be ‘driven’. I personally think that they produced error because they do not understand well about passive sentence.
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21. A taxi is driven by him.
A taxi is being driven by him.
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In this part, omission error is found in this sentence. That is the students omitted the item ‘being’ which must appear in that utterance,
since is passive tenses. It means that we must present ‘being’ when we makechange present continuous sentence in the active form to passive.
Original sentence Reconstruction
22. A taxi is to driven by
him. A taxi is being driven by him.
From the original sentence, it could be seen that there are two kinds of errors, they are: addition error and omission error. Addition error
happens because the present the item ‘to’ that must be not appear in this sentence. Then, there is also omission error, because the students left out
the item ‘being’ that must appear in grammatical of passive sentence. Original sentence
Reconstruction 23.
The patient was being examined by him.
The patient is being examined by him.
In this sentence, it is found misinformation error because the students used the wrong form of to be, it is ‘was’, it must be ‘is’. This
error might occur because the inability to use the passive form.
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Original sentence Reconstruction
24. The patient being
examined by him. The patient is being examined by
him.
In the original sentence, it is found the omission error because the students omitted to be ‘is’ that must appear in this sentence. This error
might occur because inability of students to use the passive voice correctly.
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25. The patient is being
examiner by him. The patient is being examined by
him.
In the original sentence misinformation error is found in this sentence. The students used the wrong form of the verb, it is ‘examiner’, it
must be ‘examined’. It implies that they are not able to distinguish present continuous tense into passive form. That is the cause why they made error.
Original sentence Reconstruction
26. The patient is to be
examined by him. The patient is being examined by
him.
There are two kinds of errors in this sentence, they are: addition error and misinformation error. It is found misinformation error because
the students used the wrong form of to be, it is ‘be’, it must be ‘being’.
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Then, they also made addition error because the students present the ‘to’ that must not appear in grammatical sentence. This error might occur
because inability of students to use the passive voice correctly. Original sentence
Reconstruction 27.
The patient is to examined by him.
The patient is being examined by him.
In the original sentence, there are two kinds of errors, they are: omission error and addition error. Omission error happens because the
students omitted of to be ‘being’ that must appear in this sentence. Then, it is also found addition error because the students presented the ‘to’ that
must not appear in grammatical sentence. This occur because the inability to use the passive form of verb tense.
Original sentence Reconstruction
28. A table is be cleaned by
him. A table is being cleaned by him.
Misinformation error is found in this sentence, the students used the wrong form of to be, that is ‘be’, it must be ‘being’. Because the
sentence used present continuous tenses as passive voice. From this case, I conjecture that they might occur because of lack of knowledge about
passive form of verb tense.
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Original sentence Reconstruction
29. A table is to be cleaned
by him. A table is being cleaned by him.
In this original sentence, there are two kinds of errors in this sentence, they are: addition error and misinformation error. Addition error
happen because the students present ‘to’ that must not appear in grammatical sentence. Then the misinformation because the students used
the wrong form of to be, it is ‘be’, it must be ‘being’. This error might occur because the inability to use the passive form.
Original sentence Reconstruction
30. A table is cleaning by
him. A table is being cleaned by him.
There are two kinds of errors in this sentence, they are: misinformation error and omission error. It is found misinformation error
because the students used the wrong form of the verb, it is ‘cleaning’, it must be ‘cleaned’. Then, the omission error also found in this sentence
because the students omitted of to be ‘being’ while it must appear in this sentence. This error might occur because the inability to used the passive
form.
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Original sentence Reconstruction
31. A table was being
cleaned by him. A table is being cleaned by him.
In this sentence, it is found misinformation error because the students used the wrong form of to be, it is ‘was’, it must be ‘is’. This
error might occur because the inability of students to used the passive form in present continuous tense.
4.1.4 The errors of Using Simple Past Tenses
