AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY OF SMAN 1 RANAH PESISIR IN TRANSFERRING ACTIVE VOICE INTO PASSIVE VOICE IN SIMPLE SENTENCES

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The purpose of this research was to describe the second year students’ ability of SMAN 1 Ranah Pesisir in transferring active voice into passive voice in simple sentences. This research was limited to students’ ability in transfering active voice into passive voice in affirmative, negative, and interrogative form of simple present tense and simple past tense. The design of this research was descriptive. The population of this research was the second year students of SMAN 1 Ranah Pesisir. The total number of the population was 242 students. There are four classes of exact science and four classes for social science. The researcher used stratified cluster random sampling to select the sample and the total number of sample was 61 students. The instrument used to collect data was grammar test. To make the test reliable, the researcher used split half method. Generally, the result of analyzing of the data showed that the ability of the second year students of SMAN 1 Ranah Pesisir in transferring active voice into passive voice was moderate. It could be seen that 14.75% students have high ability, 63.94% students have moderate ability and 21.31% students have low ability. Finally, based on the findings, it could be conclude that the students’ ability in transferring active voice into passive voice was moderate.

Key Words: Students’ Ability, Passive Voice, Sentences