PRESENTATION AND DATA ANALYSES
4.1 Data Presentation and Analyses I (Multiple Choice Test)
The writer explains all of the answers had been given by the respondents.
In this case, it is written how many students answer the option (a), how many students answer the option (b), how many students answer the option (c), and how many students answer the option (d). The correct answer is given with a bold mark.
Number of students 1. My English class start……….10 a.m.
A. In 1
B. since -
C. at 29
D. on -
For this number, there are 30 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option c. at. There is 1 student who chooses incorrect answer the option a. in. There are no students choose the
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option b. since and d. on, because these answer the wrong. The correct answer is
at because „at‟ here is suitable to complete this sentence My English class start...10 a.m. At is preposition of time which are describing times (hour/minutes).
2. I will return near it to you……….Wednesday.
A. at -
B. on 26
C. in 4
D. by -
In this question, there are 26 students who answer correctly by choosing the option b. on. There are 4 students who choose incorrect answer the option c. in. This answer is incorrect because it is not suitable with the sentence.
On is the correct answer because it is preposition of time for specific days and „on‟ here is suitable to complete the sentence above. There are no students choose the option a. at and d. by, because these answers are incorrect.
3. The river near my house is dry……….summer.
A. for 5
B. since 2
C. from 1
D. in 22
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In answering this item, there are 22 students who answer correctly by choosing the option d. in and there are 8 students who give incorrect answer. There are 5 students who choose the option a.
for. There are 2 students who choose the option b. since. There is student who chooses the option c. from. The correct answer is „in‟
because „in‟ is used with periods of time and appropriate to complete the sentence above.
4. I find him difficult to sleep……….night.
A. by -
B. on 5
C. in 1
D. at 24
In this question, there are 24 students who answer correcttly by choosing the option d. at. There are 6 students who give incorrect answers. There are 5 students choose the option b. on. There is only 1 student who chooses the option c. in and there is no student chooses the option a. by because these answers are incorrect. This answer is correct because „at‟ explain about the night and „at‟ here is appropriate to complete the sentence above.
5. The train leaves station………5 minutes ago.
A. at 2
B. in 15
C. on 3
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D. since 10
In this question, there are 15 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option b. in and there are 15 students choose incorrect answers. There are 2 students who choose the option a. at.
There are 3 students who choose the option c. on and there are 10 students who choose the option d. since.
In is correct answer because prepositions of time duration (in a minute), not „since‟ but „in‟ which suitable with the sentence above. So, the correct prepositions of time is in.
6. They have been producing noodles……….the war.
A. Since 15
B. For 9
C. By 2
D. From 4
In this question, there are 15 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option a. since. This answer is correct because
„since‟ is the prepositions of time which is appropriate with the sentence above.
Since is mostly used for time not for place and means „from that time to referred to‟ . It is often used with a present perfect tense or past perfect tense. There are 15 students who give incorrect answer.
There are 9 students who choose the option b. for. There are 2 students
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who choose the option c. by and then there are 4 students who choose the option d. from.
7. Our president will be go to abroad……….three weeks.
A. from 2
B. since 4
C. for 24
D. at -
In this question, there are 24 students who give answer correctly by choosing the option c. for. There are 6 students who make mistakes in answering this question. There are 2 students who choose the option a. from. There are 4 students who choose the option b.
since. There is no student chooses the option d. at. For is the correct answer in this question. For is used of a period of time like this sentence Our president will be go to abroad ... three weeks.
8. The trade fair will start……….March, 12, 2012
A. at -
B. since -
C. in 1
D. on 29
In this question, there are 29 students who choose correct the answer that is point d. on. This answer is correct because „on‟ here is appropriate in sentence the trade fair will start……….March, 12, 2012, so to be on as preposition of time correct to complete the
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sentence. There is no student chooses the option b. since and then there is 1 student who chooses incorrect answer the option c. in. There is no student chooses the option a. at because these answers are incorrect.
9. She expects to finish writing the book………. April
A. by 8
B. since 2
C. on 6
D. in 14
In this question, there are 22 students who give incorrect answer. There are 2 students choose the option b. since. There are 6 students who choose the option c. on. There are 14 students who choose the option d. in. There are 8 students who choose the correct answer that is option a. by.
This answer is correct because „by‟ is used with an act completed and then „by‟ appropriate to complete this sentence „She expects to finish writing the book……….April. But, 8 students do not make mistake in answering this question. They are not difference in using preposition of time since, on, in , and by.
10. The weather was stormy……….Wednesday to Friday
A. for 8
B. on 3
C. at 2
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D. from 17
In this question, there are 13 students who give incorrect answer. There are 8 students who choose the option a. for. There are 3 students who choose option b. on and then there are 2 students who choose option c. at. There are 17 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option d. from. This answer is correct because „from‟
here is appropriate to the sentence.
The correct answer is from because from is normally used with to or till/until and often is used to refer to the beginning and end of an event and from appropriate to complete this sentence The weather was stormy...Wednesday to Friday.
11. He has worked for us ever……….Wednesday to Friday
A. in 2
B. for 5
C. from 21
D. since 2
In this question, there are 21 students who choose correctly answer the option c. from. This answer is correct because „from‟
here is appropriate to complete this sentence he has worked for us ever………Wednesday to Friday. There are 2 students who choose incorrect answer option a. in. There are 5 students choose the option b. for and there are 2 students choose the option d. since.
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From is the correct answer for this item. From with to is followed by spesific preposition of time. From except followed to or usually followed till/until. From often is used to refer to the beginning and end of an activity and from appropriate to complete this sentence He has worked for us ever ...Wednesday to Friday.
12. She should be back……….seven at the latest
A. at 2
B. since -
C. from 8
D. by 20
In this question, there are 20 students who choose correct answer the option d. by. There are 2 students choose incorrect answer the option a. at and there are 8 students choose the option c. From.
There is no student who chooses the option b. since.
The correct answer is d. by. By is used with preposition of time (with a maximum time limit). At, since, and from are not suitable with the sentence above.
13. They lived in Makassar……….two years
A. for 22
B. since 6
C. at -
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D. in 2
For this number, there are 22 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option a. for and 8 students choose incorrect answers.
There are 6 students choose the option b. since . There are 2 students who choose the option d. in and there is no students choose the option c.
at.
In answering the item above, there are 10 students who make mistakes with choosing since, at, in as their answer. The students do not know that since is often be a conjunction of time and used with present perfect and past perfect tense. At is often used with a time (at dawn, at six, and at midnight) while in is often used with lengths of time. While, for is a period of time can be used with a present perfect tense or past perfect tense.
14. Lila travelled in the desert……….two month
A. since 4
B. at 2
C. for 24
D. by -
In answering this item, there are 6 students who give incorrect answer. There are 4 students choose the option a. since and there are 2 students who choose the option b. at. There are 24 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option c. for. There is no student who chooses option d. by . The correct answer is for because for
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is used of a period of time and for appropriate to complete this sentence Lila travelled in the desert...two month .
15. Most people work……….nine to five.
A. on 2
B. from 19
C. at 9
D. in -
In answering this item, there are 11 students who give incorrect answer. There are students 9 choose the option c. at. There are 2 students choose the option a. on. There are 19 students who give the correct answer by choosing b. from and there is no student who chooses option d. in.
For this item, from is the correct answer. From with to is followed by spesific preposition of time. From except followed to or usually followed till/until and also used to refer to the beginning and end of an activity and from appropriate to complete this sentence Most people work...nine to five.
16. I would like to go to the cinema……….Sunday
A. at 2
B. by -
C. in 1
D. on 27
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There are 27 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option d. on and there are 3 students who give the correct answer. There are 2 students who choose the option a. at. There is 1 student who chooses the option c. in and there is no student who chooses the option b. by.
On is the correct answer for this item. On is used with the days of the week. So, on is appropriate to complete this sentence I would like to go to the cinema...Sunday.
17. They are getting married……….Friday at 6 o‟clock
A. on 20
B. at -
C. in 6
D. since 4
In answering this item, there are 10 who give the correct answer. There are 6 students who choose the option c. in and there are 4 students who choose the option d. since. There are 20 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option a. on. There is no student who chooses the option b. at.
The correct answer is on because on is used with days and dates. It is preposition of time because it uses adverbial of time
„Friday‟ that indicates that sentence above suitable with the word „on‟.
Most of th students make mistakes in answering this item. The
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students do not have any reasons why they choose in and since as their answer.
18. The reception will be on Sunday……….four in the afternoon
A. at 28
B. in -
C. on 2
D. for -
There are 28 who answer correctly by choosing the option a. at and there are 2 only students who answer wrongly by choosing the option c. on.
For this item, at is the correct answer. At with spesific times (hour) or is used with the following times of the day. In the sentence, there is preposition of time four. Therefore, at is the correct answer.
There are 2 students who make mistakes in answering this item. The students do not have any reasons why they choose on as their answer.
19. Our sales rose continuously……….Christmas until right before holy week
A. from 22
B. since 2
C. at 2
D. for 4
In answer this item, there are 8 students who give incorrect answer. There are 2 students choose the option b. since. There are 2
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students who choose the option c. at and 4 students who choose the option d. for. There are 22 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option a. from.
The corret answer is from because from is used to refer to the beginning of one period to the beginning of another or is used to refer to beginning and end of an event.
Since, at and for are not suitable with the sentence above.
Most of the students make mistakes in answering this item. The students do not have any reasons why they choose since, at and for as their answer.
20. Mary has not watched a movie……….last month
A. at 1
B. since 22
C. on 5
D. from 2
In this question, there are 22 students who give the correct answer by choosing the option b. since and 8 students choose incorrect answers. There is 1 student who chooses the option a. at.
There are 5 students who choose the option c. on and 2 students who choose the option d. from.
The correct answer is since. Since is used with an event that happens at some time or continuosly after another time or even. Also it is used with present perfect tense negative (s+have/has+not+verb
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III) like the sentence above. In answering the question above, there are 9 students who make mistakes by choosing at, on and from as their answer. The students do not know that at is used with spesific times, on is used with dates and days. While, from is used to refer to the beginning of one period to the beginning of another or is used to refer to beginning and end of an event.
After looking at the data and analyzing the result of the test, the writer shows on the table the result of the students work in choosing the correct answer that consist of twenty numbers and each of the numbers consist of four options. For knowing the answer presentation that is correctly from the test result of the students, so the writer uses formula as follow:
P = SC x 100%
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For this, the following the writer explains the first table in which shows the presentation of the total students in using preposition of time appropriately. The writer also put out the criterion that is showing the student‟s ability, that is:
Criterion Value
80-100 is classified as excellent
70-79 is classified as good
60-69 is classified as fair
50-59 is classified as poor
0-49 is classified as fail.
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Table I: To show in general the result of multiple choices, the ability of each student.
Number of Students
Number of Questions
Total of Correct Answers Percentage Correct
answer
Score
1 20 18 54 90%
1 20 17 51 85%
2 20 16 48 80%
3 20 15 45 75%
4 20 14 42 70%
3 20 12 36 60%
4 20 11 33 55%
5 20 10 30 50%
6 20 9 27 45%
1 20 7 20 35%
30 Score Average 64,5
Based on the table above, there is no student who answers the entire questions correctly (100%). There is one student who gives 18 correct answers (90%), and it is excellent criterion. There is student who gives 17 correct answers (85%), and it is also excellent criterion. There are two students who give 16 correct answers (80%), and it is excellent criterion too. There are three students
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who give 15 correct answers (75%), and it is good criterion. There are four students who give 14 correct answers (70%), and it is also good criterion. There are three students who give 12 correct answers (60%), and it is fair criterion.
There are four students who give 11 correct answers (55%), and it is poor criterion. There are five students who give 10 correct answers (50%), and it is also poor criterion. There are six students who give 9 correct answers (45%), and it is fail criterion. There is one student who gives 7 correct answers (35%), and it is also fail criterion. The level student‟s ability in using preposition of time in multiple choice tests is fair (64,5).
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