AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT IN PRESENT TENSE AMONG THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 14 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

The purpose of the study are to find out the error made and to know the cause of the error made by eighth grade students of SMP N 14 Purworejo in using present tense.  The researcher gets the data by using test. The test consists of 30 items multiple choices in which each question has four answer choices. The researcher takes 50 students as sample from the total population. The population is the eighth grade students of SMP N 14 Purworejo. The result of the study is that the errors which are made by the students are omission 250 (16.67%), addition 45 (3%), and misformation 635 (42.33%). The percentages of cause of error as follows: Interference (0%), intralingual (19.67%), and developmental (42.33%). The average of the score is 38. Based on her result, she concludes that the students’ mastery of present tense form is very poor.

Keywords: Error Analysis, Present Tense, Subject-Verb Agreement