THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 PARIAMAN TO WRITE SIMPLE SENTENCE IN PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the second year students’ ability of SMAN 1 Pariaman to write simple sentence  in present perfect tense. This study was limited in writing affirmative, negative and yes/no question sentence. The design of this research was descriptive research. The population of this study was the second year students of SMAN 1 Pariaman. The total population members were 273 students. There are five classes of IPA and four classes of  IPS. The writer used stratified cluster random sampling to select sample and the total number of sample were 60 students. The result of analyzing the data showed that the ability of the second year students of SMAN 1 Pariaman to write simple sentence in present perfect tense was moderate. It could be seen that 53.33% students have moderate ability, 25% have high ability and 21.67% have low ability. In detail the percentages of each of form sentence were; 81.66% students have moderate ability to write affirmative form, 80% students have moderate ability to write negative form, and 83.33% students have moderate ability to write yes/no questions form. The writer gives suggestions to the teachers to give more explanation and exercises about simple sentence in present perfect tense. For the students, they are suggested to do exercises to write present perfect tense in form of affirmative, negative, and yes/no questions, then they should have more attention to improve their ability in writing sentence in present perfect tense.

Key Words: Ability, Writing, Simple Sentence, Present Perfect Tense.