AN ANALYSIS OF THE ABILITY OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 LUBUK BASUNG TO COMPREHEND SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research was to describe the ability of the third year students of SMAN 1 Lubuk Basung to comprehend simple future tense. The design of this research was descriptive in nature. The population of this research was the third year students of SMAN 1 Lubuk Basung. The total number of population was 278. They were distributed into eight classes; three classes were IPA department and five classes were IPS department.In selecting the sample, the writer used stratified cluster random sampling technique.The result of the data analysis showed that there were 12 students getting high ability, 40 students getting moderate ability and 16 students getting low ability in simple future tense using will + V1 and will + be in positive, negative and yes/no question sentence.Specifically, there were 20 students getting high ability, 28 students getting moderate ability and 20 students getting low ability in simple future tense using will + V1 in positive sentence. There were 20 students getting high ability, 30 students getting moderate ability and 18 students getting low ability in simple future tense using will + V1 in negative sentence. There were 21 students getting high ability, 34 students getting moderate ability and 13 students getting low ability in simple future tense using will + V1 in yes/no question sentence. There were 18 students getting high ability, 36 students getting moderate ability and 14 students getting low ability in simple future tense using will + be in positive sentence. There were 22 students getting high ability, 30 students getting moderate ability and 16 students getting low ability in simple future tense using will + be in negative sentence. There were 20 students getting high ability, 35 students getting moderate ability and 13 students getting low ability in simple future tense using will + be in yes/no question sentence. The teachers are suggested to employ the effective teaching techniques and provide enough explanations about simple future tense. The students are expected to learn more about simple future tense and to do more exercises about simple future tense so they can improve their ability.

Key Words : Analysis, Ability, Simple Future, Tense, Sentence