Question 22 Present Subjunctive Question 24 Present Subjunctive

13. Question 22 Present Subjunctive

• The purposes: - to measure the students’ ability of present subjunctive - to find out the problems faced by the students • Indicators: - the students know the pattern of present subjunctive - the students know the difference between present and past subjunctive - the students know the fact sentence of present subjunctive • The item: I am planning to go to a party tonight, but it is raining very hard now. I wish ___ raining now. A. it stops B. it has stopped C. it will stop D. it had stopped

E. it stopped

From table 1 above the writer finds 19 students can not answer the question correctly. Here the analysis: The right answer is option E it stopped. From the data has been gathered, this is what exactly happen; 4 students no 22, 25, 28, 29 13 choose option A it stops, they think that in the item above the subject ‘it’ has concord with verb1 ending ses because the item is present tense. 2 students no 20, 21 6 choose option B it has stopped, they think like the answer A. 12 students no 1, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 23, 26, 30 40 choose option C it will stop, it should appear in conditional type 1, 1 student 3 chooses option D it had stopped, it is possible answer also but it is should be in past subjunctive, for example, “I was planning to go party last night, but it was raining hard yesterday. I wish it had stopped raining yesterday”. 11 students no 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 18, 24, 27 choose option E it stopped, it is the true answer because the item above is present subjunctive with wish, the subjunctive is verb II past tense.

14. Question 24 Present Subjunctive

• The purposes: - to measure the students’ ability of present subjunctive - to find out the problems faced by the students • Indicators: - the students know the pattern of present subjunctive - the students know the difference between present and past subjunctive - the students know the fact sentence of present subjunctive • The item: Adi : I wish I had a certificate of deposit. Amel : Why? Adi : The interest rate is high now. From the dialogue we can conclude that Adi _____ A. has a certificate of deposit B. doesn’t have money kept in a bank C. enjoys the high interest paid by the bank D. is going to deposit his money in the bank E. has no interest to open an account in a bank From table 1 above the writer finds 20 students cannot answer the question correctly. Here the analysis: The right answer is option B doesn’t have money kept in a bank. From the data has been gathered, this is what exactly happen; 3 students no 1, 13, 19 10 choose option A has a certificate of deposit, 10 students no 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 16, 24, 25, 26, 27 33 choose option doesn’t have money kept in a bank, 7 students no 5, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 23 23 choose option C enjoys the high interest paid by the bank, 5 students no 2, 8, 20, 21, 30 16 choose option D is going to deposit his money in the bank, and 5 students no 9, 11, 22, 28, 29 16 choose option E has no interest to open an account in a bank. There are 10 students who have correct answer “doesn’t have money kept in a bank”. They choose it because the item above is present subjunctive with wish and is questioned is the conclusion or the fact of the item.

15. Question 25 Present Subjunctive