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An Analysis of Students’ Ability In Using Subject-Verb Agreement

Iwan Kurniawan, Seprizanna Seprizanna

Abstract


The objective of this research was to describe the ability of students in using subject-verb agreements of three tenses, namely: Present Tense, Past Tense and Present Perfect Tense.The result of the data analysis of students’ ability in using subject-verb agreement of the eighth grade students of SMP Islamiyah Kotaagung. It was found that the students’ ability in using subject-verb agreement of the eighth grade students of SMP Islamiyah Kotaagung in the academic year of 2016/2017 had fair level by mean score 58.03.

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DOI: 10.24042/ee-jtbi.v9i2.379