The Result of Questionnaire

11. Dava borrowd my pen yesterday. Students: 4, 7 Dava borrowed my pen yesterday. Dava brrowed my pen yesterday. Student: 16 Dava borow my pen yesterday. Students: 2, 5, 6 14. The accident happend last Sunday afternoon. Students: 1, 8, 13, 14 The accident happened last Sunday afternoon. 17. It’s a nice day today, but yesterday it rain all day. Students: 7, 11, 12, 13, 20 It’s a nice day today, but yesterday it rained all day. It’s a nice day today, but yesterday it raind all day. Students: 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 23 19. Andy’s grandfather die when he was 85 years old. Students: 2, 13, 17, 18 Andy’s grandfather died when he was 85 years old. 22. The students studi those lessons last week. Student: 8 The students studied those lessons last week. 23. Last holiday, I and my family picniced in Cibodas. Students: 1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 24 Last holiday, I and my family picnicked in Cibodas. Last holiday, I and my family picnicd in Cibodas. Student: 23 Last holiday, I and my family picnic in Cibodas. Student: 14 25. The driver stoped the bus very quickly five minutes ago. Students: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24 The driver stopped the bus very quickly five minutes ago. The driver stoppd the bus very quickly five minutes ago. Student: 2 The driver stop the bus very quickly five minutes ago. Student: 14 26. She lved in Bandung for two years, but now she lives in Jakarta. Student: 17 She lived in Bandung for two years, but now she lives in Jakarta. From the table above, most students were omitting a letter which must exist within a morpheme. From the table above, the students omitted –n of the past form of “find” that should be “found”. The students also omitted –m which must exist in the “slammed” as the past form of “slam”. They also omitted –e in the verb “borrowed” and –d in the verb “died”. Next, they omitted –k which must exist in the “picnicked”, and –p in the “stopped”.

b. Addition

These errors occur if the students add some letters or elements which are not suitable to the rule of the past form of regular and irregular verbs. Many students did not use the right rule in changing the verbs into past form. From the data, some of them did not understand well how to transform the verb into the past form in regular and irregular verbs. They also seem confused in using –d or –ed to the verbs. The Errors are illustrated as follows: