The Use of Simple Past Tense Verb and Adverb on Students Writing Narrative Text

Abstract

The aim of the research is to known 1) The use of simple past tense verb on students writing narrative text at Private Vocational High School in Bogor regency. 2) The use of adverb on students writing narrative text at Private Vocational High School in Bogor regency. The research methodology that is used survey. The observed population of this research is 60 students of tenth grade of private vocational high schools in Bogor regency. The result of the classification was calculated by the frequency and the percentage of each error. 1) The use of simple past tense verb in students’ narrative text total error is 195 errors of past tense verb which consist of  the lowest is 4 errors or 2.1% for omission, it is omission word, 12 errors or 6,2%  of misinformation of the use of simple past tense verb, 40 errors or 20,5% of addition, it is for addition of the use of simple past tense verb, and the highest 139 errors or 71, 2% of misordering of the use of simple past tense verb. 2) The use of adverb in student’s narrative text total error is 32 errors of the use of adverb in writing narrative text. The lowest is in the error of omission, it is 6 errors or 18, 8%. And the highest is on the error of misinformation the total is 26 errors or 81, 2%. Based on the result, the students were still confused in arranging and using verb and adverb in the sentence, moreover it is also supported by their lack comprehension about part of speech in English, the other reasons they are predominant of lack vocabulary of students and their insufficient knowledge about language.

Key Words: Simple past tense verb, adverb, writing narrative text.