THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING PRESENT AND

PAST PARTICIPLE ADJECTIVES AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

BY

AROFIATUS SA’DIYAH

07360058

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2012

THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN USING PRESENT AND

PAST PARTICIPLE ADJECTIVES AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is written to fulfill one of the requirements to achieve

Degree of Education in English Department

BY

AROFIATUS SA’DIYAH

07360058

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2012

This thesis written by Arofiatus Sa’diyah was approved on January 27, 2012

By

Advisor II Advisor I

Dr. Masduki, M.Pd Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M.Ed

This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

on January 27, 2012

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Drs. Fauzan, M.Pd

Examiners Signatures

1. Drs. Hartono, M.Pd 1. ………………………….

2. Rahmawati Khadijah, M. PEd 2. ………………………….

3. Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M. Ed 3. …………………………

4. Dr. Masduki M. Pd 4. ………………………….

MOTTO AND DEDICATION

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To be

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This thesis is dedicated to

my beloved mother, father, brothers and sisters,

thanks for the love, prayers and support

The Students’ Ability in Using Present and Past Participles Adjective at English

Department of Univeristy of Muhammadiyah Malang

ABSTRACT

Adjective is one of the most important parts of English grammar, it describes

or modifies noun. Present and past participle adjectives are made from verbs. Many

students are still confused in using present and past participle adjectives due to the

two different types of participle mean completely different things. If the students are

not carefull in using present or past participle adjectives, it will not express the

intended meaning. Therefore, the students have to understand well the use of present

and past participle adjectives in their sentence or conversation. Considering

completely different meaning between present and past context, this study is intended

to investigate the students’ ability in using present and past participle adjectives at

English Department of UMM.

In this research, the writer used descriptive quantitative research design

because it was objective measurement and statistical analysis of numeric data to

understand and explain phenomena. This research purpose is to know how the

students’ ability in using present and past participle adjectives at English Department

of University of Muhammadiyah Malang. There were 50 students from the third

semester who became the sample of this research. They were chosen by cluster

sampling. The instrument of this research was 30 items of the test about fill in the

blank.

The result of this research tells that the mean score of the students was 63,46.

It means that they had in average level of ability in using present and past participle

adjectives. I concluded that three students (6.0%) got (80-100) or excellent (A), ten

students (20.0%) got (75-80) or very good (B+), nine students (18.0%) got (70-74.9)

or good (B), ten students (20.0%) got (60-69) or average (C+), three students (6.0%)

got (55-59.9) or fair (C), thirteen students (26.0%) got (40-54.9) or poor (D), two

students (4.0 %) got (<40.0) or very poor.

Key words: ability, present participle adjective, past participle adjective

Malang, January 27, 2012

Advisor The writer

Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M.Ed. Arofiatus Sa’diyah

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, praise be to almighty Allah SWT for the strength,

guidance, and blessings bestowed upon me to pursue and successfully finish

my thesis. Sholawat and salam be upon the last messenger prophet

Muhammad SAW who brought Iman and Islam to illuminate the universe.

I would like to extend my profound gratitude and appreciation to my

beloved advisors, Rina Wahyu Setyaningrum, M. Ed and Dr. Masduki, M. Pd

for giving and devoting their precious time upon giving professional

corrections, suggestions and worthwhile guidance for this study.

Forever be thankful to my wonderful parents for their untiring support

and prayers which become my inspirations to finish this thesis without

hesitation. Grateful also to my lovely sisters (Osyie, Omy, Vika), kind

brothers (Adun, Saif, Nida’, Jarum, Rio) for their love, care, and support. To

my best friends; Dhanis, BCT G-18 (Dian, Dana, Putri, Minda, Zacky, Frensi,

Arga, Febri, Udin, Arif, Fahry, Abi, Aris, Majid, Rudi, Siro and Hendrik),and

my dorm’s friends (Andika, Syeti, Etik) thanks for sharing happiness, sad

moments and laughers. All good and bad times with them are something to

be treasured for. And to my amazing choir friends “Gitasurya”, for giving

colors to my days. Everyone makes my life having rhythm, tone and melody

(thanks to Ganjar, Riska, Wulan, Cicil, Anda, Rezha, Efri, Imron, Iwan),

furthermore to my office mates (Pak Mawan, Pak Krisna, Pak Teguh, Bu Eka,

Dimas, Arif, Dede, and my Filipino friends Johaina-Johaira), for sharing their

knowledge to make my experiences more fun and full of joy. Thanks to all my

friends that help and support me in doing this thesis (Mas Hilmi, Cindy). I

love you all.

Arofiatus Sa’diyah

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ................................................................................................... i

LEGALIZATION .......................................................................................... ii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................. iv

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. vi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................. 1

1.2 Statement of the Problems ............................................................... 5

1.3 Purposes of the study ....................................................................... 5

1.4 Significance of the Study ................................................................. 5

1.5 Scope and Limitation ........................................................................ 6

1.6 Definition of the Key Terms ............................................................. 6

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Definition of the Student’s ability .................................................... 8

2.2 Ability to Use Present and Past Participle Adjective ........................ 9

2.3 Participle Adjective ........................................................................... 10

2.3.1 Present Participle Adjective .................................................... 10

2.3.2 Past Participle Adjective ......................................................... 12

2.4 The Use of Present and Past Participle Adjectives ........................... 15

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design ............................................................................... 18

3.2 Population and Sample .................................................................... 19

3.3 Research Instrument ......................................................................... 20

3.3.1 Try-Out ................................................................................... 21

3.3.2 Validity of the Test ................................................................. 21

3.3.3 Reliability of the Test .............................................................. 22

3.3.4 Analysis of the Test Item ........................................................ 23

3.3.4.1 Item Difficulty............................................................. 23

3.3.4.2 Item Discrimination ..................................................... 24

3.3.5 The Result of the Try-Out ........................................................ 25

3.4 Data Collection ................................................................................ 25

3.5 Data Analysis ................................................................................... 26

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 The Result of the Student’s Ability in Using Present and Past

Participle Adjectives ........................................................................ 28

4.2 Discussion ........................................................................................ 31

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ....................................................................................... 34

5.2 Suggestion ........................................................................................ 35

5.2.1 For English Lecturer ............................................................... 36

5.2.2 For the Students ...................................................................... 36

5.2.3 For other Researchers............................................................... 37

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