1. Misselection
= x 100 =
= 70. 94 2. Omission
= x 100 =
= 20.09 3. Addition
= x 100 =
= 8.97
Furthermore, to make easier to read, she presents it in following chart
below:
Chart 4.2 Recapitulation Precentage of Students’ Type of Error in Using Relative
Pronouns which Students’ Made of Multiple Choice and Completion Items
After classifying the types of error into each type, the writer would like to describe the frequency of error in using relative pronouns which students’made of
multiple choice and completing items from the highest to the lowest. First, the students’errors are misselection with 166 errors or 70.94. For
example in multiple choice item number 4:
70.94
20.09 8.97
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
Misselection Omission
Addition
4. You have a cat ................... tail is very long. a. Which
c. Whom b. Whose
d. Who The students choose a. Which You have a cat which tail is very long. However,
the right answer is b. Whose You have a cat whose tail is very long. In completion item number 5:
5. This is a book ........................ author J.K Rowling. The student writes relative pronoun Whom This is a book whom author J.K
Rowling. However, the right answer is Whose This is a book whose author J.K Rowling.
Second, in omission found in the students’ writing with 47 errors or
20.09. For example in completion item number 8. 8. The person ............................ I phoned last night is my teacher.
The student writes relative pronoun Who in their worksheet The person who I phoned last night is my teacher. The student ommited morpheme
“m”. The right answer is Whom The person whom I phoned last night is my teacher.
Third, in addition found in the students’ writing with 21 errors or 8.97.
For example in completion item number 6. 6. The writer .......................... won the competition studied in Australia.
The student writes relative pronoun Whom in their worksheet The writer whom won the competition studied in Australia. The student add morpheme
“m”. The right answer is Who The writer who won the competition studied in Australia.
After knowing the precentage each type of errors in using relative pronouns who, whom, which, whose, the writer would like to express the
frequency of errors in using relative pronouns that the students made of multiple choice items. Furthermore, to make easier to read, she presents it in following
table below:
Table 4.2 Frequency amd Precentage of Errors in Using Relative Pronouns that the
Students Made of Multiple Choice Items No.
Kinds of Relative Pronouns
Item Number
Frequency of Error
Precentage of Error
1. Who
2 8
25.00
3 11
34.37 9
13 40.63
Total 3
32 100
2. whom
5 11
61.11
7 7
38.89 Total
2 18
100
3. Which
1 6
54.55
6 5
45.45 Total
2 11
100
4. Whose
4 15
39.47
8 10
26.32 10
13 34.21
Total 3
38 100
The table above shows the frequency of error in using relative pronoun such as who, whom, which, and whose that students made of multiple choice
items. There were 25.00 or 8 students who made error in item number 2. There are 11 students or 34.37 who made error in item number 3. There are 40.63 or
13 students who made error in item number 9. There are 61.11 or 11 students who made error in item number 5. There
are 7 students or 38.89 who made error in item number 7. Next, there are 54.55 or 6 students who made error in item number 1.
There are 5 students or 45.45 who made error in item number 6. There are 39.47 or 15 students who made error in item number 4. There
are 41.66 or 10 students who made error in item 8. There are 26.32 or 13 students who made error in item number 10.