Kinds of Difficulties in Learning Gerund
Based on the table 4.1, there are four functions of gerund, namely gerund as subject of a sentence, gerund as object of preposition, gerund as direct object of
certain verbs, and gerund as the complement of a sentence. The test consists of 25 items which are asking about four functions of gerund,
they are gerund as subject of a sentence number of items are 3, 6, 9, 16, 19, gerund as object of preposition number of items are 2, 8, 13, 14, 20, gerunds as direct
object of certain verbs number of items 1, 5, 7, 15, 18, and gerund as the complement of a sentence number of items 4, 10, 11, 12, 17.
By analyzing the students’ answer sheet, their score of test obtained is presented in the following table:
Table 4.2 Students’ score of test result
No Sample Score
No Sample Score
1 Student 1
8 21
Student 25 13
2 Student 2
16 22
Student 26 10
3 Student 3
13 23
Student 27 14
4 Student 4
14 24
Student 28 13
5 Student 5
7 25
Student 29 16
6 Student 6
16 26
Student 30 9
7 Student 7
18 27
Student 31 17
8 Student 8
12 28
Student 32 14
9 Student 9
16 29
Student 33 14
10 Student 10
13 30
Student 34 10
11 Student 11
12 31
Student 35 18
12 Student 12
14 32
Student 36 11
13 Student 13
15 33
Student 37 17
1 Student 14
10 34
Student 38 16
15 Student 15
14 35
Student 39 7
16 Student 16
16 36
Student 40 17
17 Student 17
10 37
Student 41 11
18 Student 18
15 38
Student 42 17
19 Student 19
8 39
Student 43 19
20 Student 20
40 Student 44
Average Score 13.4
Average Score 19
Lowest Score 7
Based on the table 4.2, the English score is from the test about gerund and the average score is 13.4, the highest score is 19 and the lower is 7.