Instrument of the research Technique of Data Analysis
31
18 Student 18
75 37
Student 37 50
19 Student 19
60
Average 57
Highest Score 85
Lowest Score 35
Based on the table above, the writer had the English score from the test about Reported speech of imperative sentence. The average score is 57
the highest score is 85 and the lowest score is 35.
The following table will discuss the frequency of error in change quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable tenses and
pronouns in imperative sentence.
TABLE 4.2 Frequency of error made in the change of to-infinitive
No Change quoted
commands to-infinitive with the suitable tenses
Item Number
n Frequency
of Error
Made F Percentage
1
Get your backpack and lunch
→ to get his backpack and lunch
1 18
4.8
2 Dont make me late
again. →not to make
him late again. 2
25 6.7
3
Hurry up → to hurry
up 3
20 5.4
4 Leave me alone
→to leave him alone
4 12
3.2
5
Walk alone → to
walk alone 5
13 3.5
6 Be kind to your
brother. → he should be
6 29
7.8
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kind to his brother
7 Please be ready on time
every morning. →
should be ready on time every morning
7 28
7.5
8 Warn me ten minutes
before you leave. → to
warn him ten minutes before he left
8 18
4.8
9
Set your alarm before you go to bed.
→ to set his alarm before he went
to bed 9
20 5.4
10 Go ahead without me.
→ to go ahead without him
10 15
4.0
Total 10
198 100
To find out the average of total frequency error made by the students in change quoted commands to infinitive clauses, the writer uses formula:
P = F x 100
N X n
P = 198_ x 100 37 X 10
P = 198 x 100 370
P = 53
33
From the data above, it can be concluded that there are 53 students who got error in the change of quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable
tenses. After that the writer would like to analyze the error of each item in the change of quoted commands to infinitive clauses with the suitable tenses. These
are the items related to the students’ error: First, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to infinitive
clauses Get your backpack and lunch → to get his backpack and lunch, there
are 18 students or 4.8 who made error in item number 1. Second, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to
infinitive clauses Dont make me late again. → not to make him late again,
there are 25 students or 6.7 who made error in item number 2 Third, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to infinitive
clauses Hurry up → to hurry up, there are 20 students or 5.4 who made error
in item number 3. Fourth, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to infinitive
clauses Leave me alone → to leave him alone, there are 12 students or
3.2who made error in item number 4. Fifth, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to infinitive
clauses Walk alone → to walk alone. There are 13 students or 3.5 who
made error in item number 5 Sixth, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to infinitive
clauses Be kind to your brother. → he should be kind to his brother. There are
29 students or 7.8who made error in item number 6. Seventh, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to
infinitive clauses Please be ready on time every morning. → should be ready on
time every morning. There are 28students or 7.5 who made error in item number 7.
Eighth, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to infinitive clauses Warn me ten minutes before you leave.
→ to warn him ten minutes before he left. There are 18 students or 4.8who made error in item number 8
Ninth, the writer discussed about the change quoted commands to infinitive