Analysis on the Students’ Difficulties in Transforming Active Simple Sentences into Passive Ones on Eleventh Year Students at SMA Negeri 12 Sijunjung

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The purpose of this research was to describe the difficulties of the eleventh year students at SMA Negeri 12 Sijunjung in transforming active sentences into passive ones. The design of this research was descriptive in nature. The population of this research was 95 eleventh year students at SMA Negeri 12 Sijunjung. In selecting the sample, the researcher used stratified proportional random sampling technique. The number of sample was 19 students from both Exact class and Social classes. The result of the data analysis showed that the eleventh year students at SMA Negeri 12 Sijunjung were classified into having difficulties. It was proved by the fact that 12 students from 19 students (63.16%) had difficulties. In detail, It was proved by the fact that 15 students (78.95%) had difficulties. The classification of students’ difficulties in transforming active simple sentences in negative form into passive ones of simple present tense was having difficulties. It was due to the fact that 10 students (52.63%) had difficulties. The classification of students’ difficulties in transforming active simple sentences in affirmative form into passive ones of simple past tense was having difficulties. It was proved by the fact that 12 students (63.16%) had difficulties. The classification of students’ difficulties in transforming active simple sentences in negative form into passive ones of simple past tense was having difficulties. It was proved by the fact that 12 students (63.16%) had difficulties.