ERROR TYPES IN SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Hafizah Rifiyanti; Dyah Utami Dewi

doi:10.32503/proficiency.v4i2.2757

Hafizah Rifiyanti Institut Bisnis dan Informatika (IBI) Kosgoro 1957
Dyah Utami Dewi Institut Bisnis dan Informatika (IBI) Kosgoro 1957

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32503/proficiency.v4i2.2757

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the types of errors in subject-verb agreement. The basic mistakes made by students in subject-verb agreements are a lack of knowledge about sentence patterns and their types. The study applied a qualitative descriptive method. The study is to describe and classify the errors made by the students and identify which parts of the subject-verb agreement have the most errors. The data collection technique of this study is by collecting the results of a worksheet assessment on subject-verb agreement given to 89 students. The data is analyzed by investigating what types of errors the students make and what factors often occur in subject-verb agreement. The results of this indicate that there are errors made by students including: singular subject must agree with a singular verb as well as a plural subject must agree with a plural verb, errors in a compound subject, errors in using the verb of the form have, and errors in be verb. The study implies that grammar and sentence construction, particularly subject-verb agreements, are basic chapters that must be trained continuously and become an important fundamental goal before students learn other things in English.

References

Agreement, V. (2018). Self Teaching Unit : Subject - Verb Agreement. 1–16.
All, F. I. (n.d.). The Farlex Grammar Book : Complete English Grammar Rules FARLEX International.
Betty Schrampfer Azar, Stacy A. Hagen - Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition-Pearson Longman (2005).pdf. (n.d.).
Eunson, B. (2020). C21. May.
Find, H. D. I. (n.d.). Finding and Fixing Subject / Verb Agreement Errors.
Nurjanah, S. (2017). an Analysis of Subject-Verb Agreement Errors on Students’ Writing. ELT Echo : The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.24235/eltecho.v2i1.1590
Pangga, W., Bunau, E., Training, T., Faculty, E., & Program, E. (2018). An error analysis on Subject-Verb_Agreement encountered in theses. Jurnal Pendidikan Dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa, 1–11.
Rifiyanti, H. (2020). Learners’ Perceptions of Online English Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic. Scope : Journal of English Language Teaching, 5(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.30998/scope.v5i1.6719
Rifiyanti, H., & Dewi, D. U. (2022). Need Analysis on English for Computer and Technique. Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan (JIP) STKIP Kusuma Negara, 13(2), 135–143. https://doi.org/10.37640/jip.v13i2.1015
Stapa, S. H., & Izahar, M. M. (2010). Analysis of errors in subject-verb agreement among Malaysian ESL learners. 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature, 16(1), 56–73.
Sugiyono. (2016). Metode Penelitian Kuantitatif, Kualitatif dan R&D. PT Alfabet.
Sutomo, J. (2011). STUDENTS ’ MASTERY IN SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT J Sutomo Stikubank University. 5, 51–65. http://www.unisbank.ac.id/ojs/index.php/fbib1/article/view/380Woods, G. (n.d.). a.