THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’
MASTERY OF IMPERATIVE SENTENCE AND
THEIR ABILITY IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT
(A Study of the Ninth Grade Students of MTs N Salatiga
in the Academic Year 2017/2018)
TITLE PAGE
A GRADUATING PAPER
Submitted to the Board of Examiners in Partial Fulfilment of
theRequirements for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan (S.Pd)
English Education Department of Teacher Training and
Education Faculty
State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Salatiga
By:
ANIK ARIYANTI T.M
11313027
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
STATE INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES OF SALATIGA
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thewriter herself. This paper is not contain any materials published by otherpeople
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Salatiga, September8th 2017 The Writer
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Salatiga, September 8th 2017
Noor Malihah, Ph.D
The Lecturer of English Education Department State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Salatiga
ATTENTIVE COUNSELOR’S NOTE
Case: AnikAriyanti’s Graduating Paper
Dear,
Dean of Teacher Training
and Education Faculty
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
After reading and correcting AnikAriyanti‟s graduating paper, entitledTHE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF IMPERATIVE SENTENCE AND THEIR ABILITY IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT(A Study of the Ninth Grade Students of MTs N Salatiga in the Academic Year 2017/2018), I have decided and would like to propose that this paper can be accepted by the Teacher Training and Education Faculty. I hope that this paper will be examined as soon as possible.
Wassalamualaikum Wr. Wb.
Counselor
Noor Malihah, Ph.D
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A GRADUATING PAPER
THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MASTERY OF
IMPERATIVE SENTENCE AND THEIR ABILTY IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT
(A Study of the Ninth Grade Students of MTs N Salatiga in the Academic Year 2017/2018)
WRITTEN BY:
ANIK ARIYANTI T.M 113 13 027
Has been brought to the board of examiners of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty at the State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Salatiga on September27th2017 and hereby considered to have completed the requirements for the degree of SarjanaPendidikan (S.Pd) in English Education
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MOTTO
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DEDICATION
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Bismillahirrohmanirrohim,
In the name of Allah SWT, the most gracious and the most merciful who
always bless and help the writer, so the writer can finish the graduating paper.
Bless and mercy is upon the great Prophet Muhammad SAW for his guidance that
leads the writer to the truth.
However, this paper will not be finished without support, advice, help and
encouragement from individual and institution. Hence, the writer would like to
express thanks to:
1. Dr. Rahmat Haryadi, M.Pd. as the Rector of Institute for Islamic Studies
(IAIN) of Salatiga.
2. Suwardi, M.Pd. as the Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of
State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) of Salatiga.
3. Noor Malihah, Ph.D. as the Head of English Education Department and as
the counselor of this paper, who gives great attention, suggestion afor this
paper from beginning until the end. Thanks for your patience and care. 4. All of lecturers and staffs of State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN)
Salatiga who have bestowed their knowledge to me and have helped me in
processing administration.
5. Faisal Bahar Susanto, M.Ag as a English teacher of Mts N Salatiga and all
of the students IX E and IX F who have helped me in processing the
research.
6. All of my friends in TBI 2013, thanks for the relationship we have.
Salatiga, September 8th 2017
The Writer
AnikAriyanti T.M
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ABSTRACT
Maghfiroh, A.A.T. 2017.The Correlation between Students’ Mastery of Imperative Sentence and Their Ability in Writing Procedure Text (A Study of the Ninth Grade Students of MTs N Salatiga in Academic Year 2017/2018).A Graduating Paper.English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, State Institute for Islamic Studies of Salatiga. Advisor: Noor Malihah, Ph.D
Key Words:Correlation, imperative sentence, procedure text
The objective of this study was to find out the correlation between
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE ... i
DECLARATION ... ii
ATTENTIVE COUNSELOR‟S NOTE ... iii
CERTIFICATION PAGE ... iv
A. Background of the Study ... 1
B. Problems of the Study ... 4
C. Objectives of the Study ... 4
D. Significance of the Study ... 5
E. Definition of Key Words ... 5
F. Statistical Hypothesis ... 6
G. Paper Outline ... 6
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ... 8
A. Previous Researches ... 8
B. Review of Related Theories ... 10
1. Writing ... 10
2. Procedure Text ... 14
3. Imperative Sentence ... 19
CHAPTER IIIRESEARCH METHODOLOGY ... 24
A. Type of Research ... 24
B. The Location and Time of the Research... 25
C. Population and Sample ... 25
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E. Technique of Analyzing Data ... 26
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING ... 35
A. Description of data ... 35
B. Analysis of Data ... 39
C. The Hypothesis ... 45
CHAPTER V CLOSURE ... 47
A. Conclusion ... 47
B. Suggestions ... 48 REFERENCES
CURRICULUM VITAE
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.1: Rubric Assessment of Writing Test (Content) ... 27
Table 3.2: Rubric Assessment of Writing Test (Organization)... 27
Table 3.3: Rubric Assessment of Writing Test (Vocabulary) ... 28
Table 3.4: Rubric Assessment of Writing Test (Language Use) ... 29
Table 3.5: Rubric Assessment of Writing Test (Mechanics) ... 30
Table 3.6: The Specific of Score ... 31
Table 3.7: The Interpretation of Correlation Pearson Product Moment ... 33
Table 4.1: Scores of Imperative Sentence ... 34
Table 4.2: Scores of Procedure Text Writing ... 36
Table 4.3: Descriptive Statistics ... 37
Table 4.4: Data Analysis ... 38
Table 4.5: Correlations ... 42
Table 4.6:Table of Correlations ... 42
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents about background of the study, problems of
thestudy, objectives of the study, significance of the study, definition of key
words and organization of the study.
A. Background of the Study
English is one of the international languages. Indonesian uses
English language for communication, from elementary school until senior
high school, English is recognized as a subject in their schools. Many
students argue that studying English is not easy. Even, some students argue
that they dislike English subject. There are four English language skills, they
are listening skill, speaking skill, reading skill and writing skill. As English is
important, so the students have to master the four language skills well. In this
study, the writer would like to discuss writing as one skill which students find
difficult.
Writing is one of four skills in English language. According
toHeaton (1975:135), “writing skills are complex and sometimes difficult to
teach”. It means that the writing is one of difficult subject for the students.
Although writing is difficult, but writing can be learnt and measured (Heaton,
1975:146). Besides that, according to Brown (2001:336), as quoted by
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thinking process”. In other words, writing as defines as expressing idea or their feelings. Furthermore, writing is uses to give information and also
develop what they think, so they can produce the good written. In writing, the
students have to choose the correct vocabulary, use punctuation correctly and
also master grammar well.
In fact, the students of MTs N Salatiga, still confuse or do not
know how they start to write. It is because the students arenot familiar with
English vocabulary. Sometimes the students get mistakes to write the words
and also the students make the grammatical errors. So, they get difficulty to
produce English writing. In Junior High School, the students learn about
kinds of text, such as narrative text, descriptive text, recount text, procedure
text and also products of them. In this study, the writer focuses on the
procedure text and conducts the research about it. To know about procedure
text, the students have to learn about the structure of the text. For example,
the students have to understand the grammatical features of the procedure
text.
Procedure text is written using verb 1 or action verbs and
imperative sentences. So, to produce paragraph of procedure text, they have
to master about them. Actually, the students of MTs N Salatiga get difficulty
to apply the grammar on the procedure text, or confuse to apply verb 1 in
writing procedure text, and also they getdifficulty to arrange the imperative
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In the next section, the writer would like to discuss about
procedure text and imperative sentence. In general, Procedure text is one of
the short text that provides instructions or commands on how to do
something. Knapp (2005:180) states that “procedure text is to tell someone what to do or how to do it, this can be achieved through a range of textual
forms”. In daily life, usually we use the procedure text. For example, when
we follow the instructions of a recipe, steps to make a food, how to turn on
computer, etc. To write procedure text, imperative sentence should be
mastered. It seems that to be able to write procedure text, students should be
able to produce imperative sentence.
According to Azar (1985:70), “imperative sentence is used to give
commands, make polite request and give directions”. It means that imperative sentences are not only used to command, but also have the function to give
the request for someone to achieve the something. The writer concludes that
imperative sentence is a kind of sentences to give a command or request to
another person, usually ended by exclamation. So, in imperative sentence,
there are speakers and listeners. The speakers command other person to do
something and the listeners get a command from the speaker as the
instruction. So, it seems that there may be a correlation between imperative
sentence and writing procedure text.
Based on the description above, the writer is interested to know
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research entitled “THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS‟
MASTERY OF IMPERATIVE SENTENCE AND THEIR ABILITY IN
WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT AT THE NINTH GRADE STUDENTS OF
MTs N Salatiga”.
B. Problems of the Study
Based on the background above, the writer decides some problem
questions as follows:
1. How are the scores of the ninth grade students‟ of MTs N Salatiga in mastering imperative sentence?
2. How are the scores of the ninth grade students‟ of MTs N Salatiga in writing procedure text?
3. Is there any correlation between the students‟ mastery of imperative sentences and their ability in writing procedure text?
C. Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are:
1. To know the scores of the ninth grade students‟ of MTs N Salatiga in mastering imperative sentence.
2. To know the scores of the ninth grade students‟ of MTs N Salatiga in writing procedure text.
3. To find out whether there is any correlation or not between the students‟ mastery of imperative sentences and their ability in writing procedure
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D. Significance of the Study
This research can be beneficial as follows:
1. The lecturer
Hopefully, this research will be beneficial for the lecturers to enrich the
references of imperative sentences that is found in procedure text.
2. Other researchers
The result of this research can be used as a reference to further researches
with wider scope, hopes they will get basic information from this
research.
3. The readers
For any readers who read this research, hopefully it can bring the
information concerning in imperative sentences and procedure text.
E. Definition of Key Words
To avoid misunderstanding about this study, the writer clarifies the
key words as follow:
1. Correlation
According to Ary (2010:27), “correlation means the extent to which the
two variables vary directly (positive correlation) or inversely (negative
correlation)”. It means that correlation consists of two or more parts
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According to Knapp (2005:180), “procedure text is to tell someone what
to do or how to do it, this can be achieved through a range of textual
forms”. It means that procedure text is explains about how to achieve the
something in textual form.
3. Imperative sentence
Imperative sentence has the function to give the request for someone to
achieve the something, besides it imperatives sentence is used to give
commands and give directions (Azar, 1985:70).
F. Statistical Hypothesis
1. If is as same as or higher than , so Ha is accepted. It means that
there is correlation between imperative sentence mastery and ability in
writing procedure text.
2. If is lower than , so Ha is rejected or H0 is accepted. It means
that there is no correlation between imperative sentence mastery and
ability in writing procedure text.
G. Paper Outline
This study is divided into five chapters. Each chapter explains
different matters in line with the topic that is discussed.
Chapter I is introduction. It consists of the background of the
study, problems of the study, objectives of the study, significances of the
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Chapter II is theoretical framework. It consists of the previous
research, review of related theories they are writing, procedure text and
imperative sentence.
Chapter III presents of the research methodology. It consists of
type of research, location and time of the research, population and samples,
technique of data collecting and technique of data analysis.
Chapter IV is research finding. It is the analysis to answer theproblems of
the study.
Chapter V is conclusion. It is conclusion of the result of this
research and the suggestion which writer makes from the findings that writer
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CHAPTER II
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Previous Researches
In this research, the writer takes a review from several previous
researches (Azizah, 2017; Azmi, 2011; Rosdiana, 2011).
First, Azizah (2017) conducts a research about the correlation
between English vocabulary mastery and writing ability in descriptive text.
The subject of Azizah‟s research is seventh grade students of SMP Islam
Sudirman Semarang. To analysis the data, she uses two ways they are
analysis the data by classify the students into three criteria and analysis the
data by pearson product moment correlation formula. The results of Azizah‟s research is there is a correlation between the students‟ vocabulary mastery
and writing ability in descriptive text. So, the writer concludes that to be able
to writing of descriptive text, the students have to mastery of vocabularies.
Second, Azmi (2011) conducts a research about a correlation
between students‟ mastery of past tense and their ability in writing recount
text.The subject of Azmi‟s research are eleventh grade of MA Hasanusholihat
Jakarta. To analysis the data, He uses pearson product moment correlation.
The results of Azmi‟s research is there is a correlation between the students‟
past tense mastery and their ability in writing recount text. So, the writer
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Third, Rosdiana (2011) conducts a different research from Azizah.
Rosdiana‟s research is Developing Students‟ Ability in Using Imperative Sentences Through Total Physical Response (TPR). She uses Classroom
Action Research (CAR) as a method to conducts the research. The subject of
Rosdiana‟s research is the VII grade students of
MTsIslamiyahSawanganDepok. To analyze the data, she uses qualitative
data. In Rosdiana‟s research, shows that there is a difference of the students‟
average in pre-test, post-test 1 and post-test 2. The result of Rosdiana‟s
research is using TPR can develop students‟ ability in using imperative
sentences. So, the writer concludes that using Total Physical Response (TPR)
method is easy and interesting for the students in learning imperative
sentence.
Those previous researches, are used as comparisons of this
research. This research is the correlation between students‟ mastery of imperative sentence and their ability in writing procedure text. It is different
from Azizah‟s research, the differences are the variables and also in analysis
the data. In this research, the writer only uses the person product moment to
analyze the data. Then, this research is different from Azmi‟s research. Azmi uses grammar mastery to achieve the writing ability of recount text, while this
research uses imperative sentences mastery to achieve the writing ability of
procedure text. But, this research has similarity to Azmi‟sresearch, they are the method and analysis the data. Besides it, this research also has differences
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tofind the correlation with procedure text, and this research uses quantitative
method.
B. Review of Related Theories
1. Writing
a. The Nature of Writing
Generally, writing is one of the parts of language skills
besides listening, speaking and reading. According to Heaton
(1975:135), “writing skills are complex and sometimes difficult to
teach”. It means that the writing is one of difficult subject for the
students. Although writing is difficult, but writing can be learnt and
measure (Heaton, 1975:146). It can be seen, that the students have to
master about using vocabulary, language use, content, and also
mechanics.
According to Harmer (2004:33), “writing is used to help the
students perform a different kind of activity (in this case speaking
and listening)”. In other words, Harmer states that writing is used as a base to help the speaking and listening skill. It means that before
starts to listens or speaks, the students can write the idea first, and
also can express the feelings on the paper first. Besides it, writing
also has relations with reading skill. The writer cannot write without
reading first. Because through reading, the writer understands how
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word choices, spelling and other elements. So, writing cannot stand
alone and has relation with other skills.
b. The Process of Writing
Writing is never one action, it is an ongoing act. According
to Harmer (2004:4), the process of writing has four main elements:
1) Planning
Planning is a way to get ideas. Before starting to write or type,
the writers try and decide what it is they are going to say. When
planning, they have to think about three main issues. In the first,
they have to think about purpose. Secondly, audience they are
writing for. Thirdly, have to consider content structure of the
piece.
2) Drafting
The second process is drafting. In this process, begin to make
the rough outline of what will be addressed.
3) Editing
Process correcting mechanical errors to know the writing is clear
or not. Usually the result of writing is not clear, perhaps the
order of information is not clear, perhaps the way something of
written is ambiguous or confusing. So, they move paragraph or
write a new paragraph. Therefore, the editing process will help
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When the writers have edited their draft, they produce their final
version. So, the writer is ready to send the written text to
audience.
Based on the explanation above, the steps of writing
process help the learners to make the good writing. The learners
believe that writing will be more successfully if through the
steps of writing process.
c. The Purposes of Writing
There are three purposes of writing. They are to persuade,
analyze and inform (Whitaker, 2009:2). The explanation is as
follow:
1) Persuasive purpose
Is to persuade the readers to do something. It efforts to
influences others and initiate action or change. This type of
writing includes evaluation of book, movie, consumer product.
2) Analytical purpose
Is to analyze a topic and to persuade the reader that the opinion
is correct and supported by arguments. Analytical writing
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In informative academic writing, the purpose is to share
knowledge or information, give directions, and state ideas.
Informative writing involves describing events or experiences.
d. The Components of Writing
According to Heaton (1975:135), there are five components
of successful writing. They are:
1) Language use
Is the ability to write correct and appropriate sentence.
2) Mechanical skills
Is the ability to use correctly those conventions peculiar to the
written language. Such as punctuation, spelling.
3) Treatment of content
Is the ability to think creatively and develop thoughts, excluding
all irrelevant information.
4) Stylistic skill
Is the ability to manipulate sentences and paragraphs, and use
language effectively.
5) Judgement skills
Is the ability to write in an appropriate manner for a particular
purpose with a particular audience in mind, together with an
ability to select, organize and order relevant information.
For the students of MTs N salatiga, they have recognized
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and procedure text. One that is taught in ninth grade is procedure
text. So, the writer focuses on procedure text and conducts the
research about it.
2. Procedure Text
a. Definition of Procedure Text
Generally, procedure text is one of the short text that
provides instructions or commands on how to do something. Knapp
(2005) mentions the procedure text as the procedural instruction,
but both have the same meaning. According to Knapp (2005:180),
“procedural instructions are organized in temporal sequences that are identified by: the use of numbers such as 1, 2, 3 and so on, or
temporal conjunction such as then, when, next, before and so on”.
Besides it, Knapp also states the purpose of procedure text is to tell
someone what to do or how to do it, this can be achieved through a
range of textual forms. It means, that to achieve the something of
procedure text, it need the sequence conjunction.
Mustriana (2005:83) also explains about procedure text. He
states that “procedure text is designed to describe how something is
achieved through a sequence of actions. It usually uses imperative
sentences such as mix, take, press, etc”. From the statement, the
writer concludes that the procedure text is one of text that describe
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b. Generic Structures of Procedure Text
Procedure text such as recipes and directions are concern
with telling someone how to do something. According to Knapp
(2005: 157), there are three generic structures of procedure text:
1) Goal. It is states as a heading.
It means, that in procedure text the goal is put on the title of
text. Example: How to Make a Sandwich.
2) Materials
Materials require to complete the task of procedure text.
3) Steps
Steps concern on how to achieve the goal.
c. The Grammatical Features of Procedure Text
Every text has the different of grammatical features.
Grammatical features are the characteristics to distinguish between
one text and another text. According toKnapp (2005:156), there
are six the grammatical features of procedure text, they are:
1) Action verbs
Action verbs are used to represent the processes involved in
completing a task. Examples: walk, cross, go, etc.
2) Simple Present Tense, especially imperative form.
Simple present tense is to create a sense of timeless- ness. In
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verbs uses to give orders, commands and instructions.
Examples: use, keep, don‟t touch. 3) Adverbs
Adverbs are often used to qualify verbs and to provide extra
information about how a task should be completed. Examples:
(1) quickly. Walk quickly across the road.
(2) slowly. Slowly, add the remaining ingredients.
4) Temporal connectives
Are used in procedure to ensure processes are placed in the
correct order of time. It means that procedure text uses
connectives to put the steps in order. Examples:first, then, after
that, next, finally.
5) Conditional connectives
Used to provide a premise upon which a command or
statement is based. Example: Ifyou mix the ingredients
carefully, there won‟t be any lumps.
6) Modality
Modality is uses to lessen or heighten the degree of obligation
in completing a task.
Examples:
(1) You should save your document before closing.
(2) You could read the next section of the book after
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Based on the explanation above, Wardiman (2008:59) also
explains about the grammatical features of procedure text. It
issimilar to Knapp, but Wardiman proposes fewer grammatical
features. They are:
1) Use imperative sentences. Example: Cut the paper.
2) Use action verbs. Example: cut, mix and put.
3) Connector to show chronology. Example: then and while.
4) Adverbials to show when or how. Example: For a view
minutes, two centimeters from the top.
In this research, the writer uses the Wardiman‟s
grammatical feature to conducts the research about procedure
text.
d. The Examples of Procedure Text
Based on the definition of procedure text, the generic
structures and the grammatical features discussed earlier, Knapp
(2005:158) also shows the examples of procedure text. He
illustrated the examples of procedure text as in (1) and (2).
(1) How to Play Snakes and Ladders
Materials:
1. Snakes and Ladders board game
2. 1 dice
3. 2, 3, 4 players
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1. Put all counters on start.
2. First person rolls the dice and moves his counter in
counting order the number of places shown on the dice.
3. Other players take their turns
4. If a counter land on the bottom of a ladder, the player
moves the counter to the top of that ladder
5. If a counter land on a snake‟s head, the player moves the
counter down to the bottom of that snake‟s tail. 6. The winner is the first player to reach Finish
So, example 1 consist of three generic structures. They are
goal, materials and steps.
(2) How to Make a Salad Sandwich
Materials:
1. 2 pieces of bread
2. Butter
3. Lettuce
4. Tomato
5. Beetroot
6. Cucumber
Steps:
1. First, take 2 pieces of bread.
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3. Next, put in your lettuce, tomato, beetroot and cucumber
or any other ingredients.
4. Put the other piece of bread on top.
5. Finally, put on plate and sandwich is ready to be served.
3. Imperative Sentence
Based on the Knapp‟s and Wardiman‟s grammatical
features,the most prominent is the use of imperative sentence. Because
the imperative sentence is one of the characteristic of procedure text, so
the writer interested to know about the students‟ mastery of imperative sentence.
a. Definition ofImperative Sentence
According to Celce (1999:232), “imperatives are
commands, also known as directives, whose function is to get
someone to do something”. It is similar to Azar (1985:70), “imperative sentence is used to give commands, make polite
request and give directions”. It means that imperative sentences not
only used to command, but also has the function to give the request
for someone to achieve the something.
In addition to Celce, Swan (1995:314) also states that
“imperative has exactly the same form as the infinitive without to.
It is used for giving orders, making suggestions, and encouraging
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Based on the definition above, the writer concludes briefly
that imperatives sentences are sentences that is used by someone to
give commands, request, directions to other people for doing
something.
b. Types of Imperative Sentence
Swan (1995) divides the types of imperative sentence based
on the forms of imperative sentence. While, Pardiyono (2006)
divides types of imperative sentence based on the function.
According to Swan (1995:254), types of imperative sentence are:
1) Emphatic imperative
Emphatic imperative is common in polite requests.
Can make an emphatic imperative with do + infinitive.
Examples:
(1) do sit down!
(2) do forgive me!
2) Passive imperative
Is to tell people to arrange for things to be done to them. Use
get + past participle.Example: get vaccinated as soon as you
can.
3) Negative imperative
Are constructed with do not (or don’t). Do used before be.
Example:
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4) Subject with imperative
The imperative does not usually have a subject, but it can be
used with a noun or pronoun to make it clear who are speaking.
Example: Jhon come here!
5) Question tags
After imperatives, the question tags are „will you?‟ „Won‟t you?‟ „Would you?‟ „Can you?‟ „Can‟t you?‟ And „could you?
Example:
(1) give me a pencil, will you?
(2) be quite, can’t you?
(3) sit down, won’t you?
(4) Get me something to drink, can you?
6) „Always and never‟, come before imperative Example:
(1) always remember to smile!
(2) never speak to me like that again!
7) Let
Is used to suggest that “I” or “we” should do something. The structure with Let us (or Let‟s). Example: (1) let’spray.
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8) An imperative followed by ‘and’ and‘or’, can have a similar
meaning to IF-clause. Example:
(1) Walk down our street any day and you‟ll see kids playing
football.
Based on the explanation above, it shows that types of
imperative sentence divides based on the forms of imperative
sentence.
Different from Pardiyono, He divides types of imperative
sentence based on the function of imperative sentence. According
to Pardiyono (2006:197), types of imperative sentence are:
1) Command
People orders another to do something. It can be preceded by
using the verb-1.
Examples:
(1) mix the eggs and sugar!
(2) turn on the lamp!
2) Prohibition
Prohibition is a negative command that is formed by adding the
word don‟t.
The formula: Don‟t + Verb-1. Examples:
(1) don’t whisk quickly!
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The sentence is started with auxiliary. The request usually using
“please” before verb 1.
The formula: Auxiliary + S + Verb-1 + O/C
Examples:
(1) do you want to help me?
(2) please, close the door!
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Type of Research
This research is used quantitative research. Quantitative research is
much demanded by using number, beginning from collecting the data,
interpretation toward data, and the result (Arikunto, 2002:10). The design
used in this research is correlational research. According to Kothari
(2004:130), “correlation research is studies the joint variation of two or more
variables for determining the amount of correlation between two or more
variables.”. In addition, Ary (2010:27) states “the correlation research gathers
data from individuals on two or more variables and then seeks to determine if
the variables are related (correlated)”.
From definition above, the writer collects and analyzes the data
statistically from the students‟ scores of variables to find out the correlation between students‟ mastery of imperative sentences and their achievement in
writing procedure text of the ninth grade students of MTs N Salatiga in
academic year 2017/2018.
There are two variables in this research, they are: independent (X)
and dependent variable (Y). In this research, the independent variable is
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B. The Location and Time of the Research
This research was conducted at MTs N Salatiga that located at
JlTegalRejo no 1 Kota Salatiga and the data were taken from July 25-26,
2017.
C. Population and Sample
Population is defined as all members of any well, defined class of
people (Ary, 2010:148). The population in this study was the ninth grade
students of MTs N Salatiga. The total numbers of ninth grade are about 264
students, in 8 different classes.
According to Ary (2010:149), sample is part of population. The
sample taken was 20% from the population because if the population is more
than 100, the researcher should take the sample between 10% 15% or 20%
-25% or more (Arikunto, 2002:112). The writer used random sampling
technique to conducted this research. Among 8 classes, the writer selected the
IX E and IX F class.
D. Technique of Collecting Data
In this research, the writer used a test as a technique to collect the
data. The writer organized two kinds of test. Namely imperative sentence test
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1. The imperative sentence test consists of two kinds of questions. First,
multiple choice items have fifteen questions. Second, rearrange the
sentence of imperative sentence have five questions (see appendix).
2. Procedure text writing have one instruction to write one paragraph for
about 20 minutes (see appendix).
E. Technique of Analyzing Data
In analyzing the data, the writer used Pearson‟s Product Moment
Correlation formula. The steps to analyze the data, were:
1. Calculating the score of two test using rubric assessment
2. Calculating the data used Pearson‟s Product Moment Correlation formula 3. Interpreting the data using an index table of correlation and table of
significant 5% or 1 %
Each variable was analyzed by the rubric of assessment or formula.
To measure the students‟ answer in imperative sentence mastery test, the
data were analyzed by using the formula:
S=
(Arikunto, 1997:242)
S : Score for the test
T : true answer
N : Total of the questions
Besides found the score of imperative sentence, the writer also
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achievement in writing can be measured (Heaton, 1975:146). To measure
the writing achievement is needed the component, such as content,
organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanics.
Table 3.1
Rubric Assessment of Writing Test
CONTENT
Table 3.2
Rubric Assessment of Writing Test
ORGANIZATION
Score Level Criteria
30-27 Excellent to very
good
Knowledgeable,substantive,relevant
to assigned topic.
26-22 Good to average Some knowledgeable of subject,
adequate range, limited
development of thesis, mostly
relevant to topic, but lacks detail.
21-17 Fair to poor Limited knowledge of subject, little
substance, inadequate development
of topic
16-13 Very poor Does not show the knowledge of
subject, no substantive, not
pertinent, not enough to evaluate
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Table 3.3
Rubric Assessment of Writing Test
VOCABULARY
Score Level Criteria
20-18 Excellent to very
good
Sophisticated, effective range, range
word/ idiom, choice and usage, word
from mastery, appropriate register
17-14 Very good to
average
Adequate range, occasional errors
of word/ idiom form, usage but
meaning not obscured 20-18 Excellent to very
good
Fluent expression, ideas clearly
stated/ supported, well organized,
logical sequencing, cohesive
17-14 Very good to
average
Somewhat choppy, loosely
organized but main ideas stand out,
limited support, logical but
incomplete sequencing
13-10 Fair to poor Non-fluent, ideas confused or
disconnected, lacks logical
sequencing and development
9-7 Very poor Does not communicate, no
organization, not enough to
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13-10 Fair to good Limited range, frequent errors of
words/ idiom form, choice, usage,
meaning confused or obscured
9-7 Very poor Essentially translation, little
knowledge of English vocabulary,
idioms, word form, not enough to
evaluate
Table3.4
Rubric Assessment of Writing Test
LANGUAGE USE
Score Level Criteria
25-22 Excellent to very
good
Effective complex constructions,
few errors of agreement, tense,
number, word order/ functions,
articles, pronouns, preparations
21-19 Very good to
average
Effective but simple constructions,
minor problems in complex
constructions, several errors of
agreement, tense, number, word
order functions, articles, pronouns,
prepositions but meaning never
obscured
30
constructions, frequent errors of
negation, agreement, tense,
number, word/ order/ functions,
articles, pronouns, prepositions and
or fragments, deletions, meaning
confused or obscured
10-5 Very poor Virtually no mastery of sentence
construction rules, dominated by
errors, does not communicate, not
enough to evaluate
Table3.5
Rubric Assessment of Writing Test
MECHANICS
Score Level Criteria
5 Excellent to very
good
Demonstrates mastery of
conventions, few errors of spelling,
punctuation, capitalization,
paragraphing
4 Very good to
average
Occasional errors of spelling,
capitalization, paragraphing, but
meaning not obscured
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capitalization, punctuation,
paragraphing, poor handwriting,
meaning confused not obscured
2 Very poor No mastery of conventions,
dominated by errors of spelling,
punctuation, capitalization,
paragraphing, handwriting illegible,
not enough to evaluate.
So, the specification of the test can be based on the following table:
Table3.6
The Specification of Score
No Writing skill The higher score
1. Content 30
2. Organization 20
3. Vocabulary 20
4. Language use 25
5. Mechanics 5
Total 100
In analyzing the result of two variables, the writer used pearson‟
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the symbol of correlation product moment is “r”, the formula of correlation as follow:
∑ ∑ ∑
√ ∑ ∑ ] ∑ ∑ ]
The interpretation of the symbols is:
N : number of participants
X : scores of students‟ mastery of imperative sentence Y : scores of students‟ ability in writing procedure text
∑X : students‟ mastery of imperative sentence sum score
∑Y : students‟ writing ability of procedure text sum scores
∑ : the sum of the squares cores of students‟ mastery of
imperative sentences
∑ : the sum of the square scores of students‟ writing procedure text
∑XY : the sum of multiple scores between X and Y
Besides the Pearson Product Moment formula, the writer also used
SPSS program to analyzed the data. According to Cramer and Bryman
(2003: 16):
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Based on the statements above, the advantages of SPSS program
are to analyze and examine quantitative data really fast in various ways.
The writer used version 16 to analyze the correlation of imperative
sentence and procedure text.
Furthermore, the writer was interpreted the scores of , using the
table of index correlation and table of correlation at significant 5% or 1%.
Sudijono (2010:193), proposes a table to interpret the index scores of
correlations “r” product moment between variable X and Y, such as follow:
Table3.7
The Interpretation of Correlation “r” Pearson Product
Moment
The Score of “r”
Product Moment
Interpretation
0.000 –0.200 There is correlation between X and Y, but the correlation is very weak or little. So, it considers
no significant correlation in this rating.
0.200–0.400 There is correlation between X and Y, but it is very weak or little.
0.400 – 0.700 There is correlation between X and Y, the value is medium.
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CHAPTER IV
RESEARCH FINDING
A. Description of data
In this chapter, the writer discusses about the results of data that
writer got from this research. There were two kinds of test, imperative
sentence and procedure text writing. The writer demonstrated the results of
the imperative sentence test in the following table:
Table 4.1
Scores of Imperative Sentence
Students Score Students Score
Student 1 95 student 27 75
student 2 95 student 28 95
student 3 95 student 29 90
student 4 80 student 30 90
student 5 95 student 31 50
student 6 95 student 32 90
student 7 90 student 33 100
student 8 85 student 34 100
student 9 100 student 35 95
student 10 95 student 36 80
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student 12 90 student 38 90
student 13 80 student 39 95
student 14 80 student 40 90
student 15 95 student 41 70
student 16 100 student 42 80
student 17 80 student 43 95
student 18 95 student 44 90
student 19 95 student 45 95
student 20 85 student 46 95
student 21 95 student 47 95
student 22 90 student 48 95
student 23 95 student 49 90
student 24 95 student 50 85
student 25 95 student 51 90
student 26 90 student 52 95
Total Score ( ∑ ) 4670
Besides the imperative sentence scores, the writer also
demonstrated the scores of procedure text writing. Scores about procedure
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Table4.2
Scores of Procedure Text Writing
STUDENTS SCORE STUDENTS SCORE
student 1 81 student 27 81
student 2 82 student 28 89
student 3 75 student 29 94
student 4 80 student 30 78
student 5 90 student 31 61
student 6 82 student 32 85
student 7 82 student 33 86
student 8 84 student 34 86
student 9 84 student 35 83
student 10 82 student 36 91
student 11 82 student 37 76
student 12 80 student 38 76
student 13 78 student 39 78
student 14 75 student 40 84
student 15 84 student 41 75
student 16 80 student 42 65
student 17 82 student 43 80
student 18 81 student 44 84
student 19 85 student 45 88
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Based on the result above, the writer obtained mean of the scores,
minimum score and maximum score. The calculation of SPSS is described
such as follow:
Table 4.3
Descriptive Statistics
From the data above, the writer used the scores of imperative
sentence and scores of procedure text writing to see there is any correlation
or not between the Students‟ mastery of imperative sentence and procedure
text writing in the next section.
student 21 84 student 47 84
student 22 74 student 48 86
student 23 87 student 49 82
student 24 81 student 50 88
student 25 80 student 51 83
student 26 89 student 52 85
Total score ∑ ) 4257
N Minimum Maximum Mean
imperative 52 50,00 100,00 89,8077
procedure 52 61,00 94,00 81,8654
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B. Analysis of Data
In this section, the writer analyzed the result of imperative
sentences test and test of procedure text writing. In analyzing the data,
the writer calculated the scores of two tests, where the score of
imperative sentences is variable X and the score of writing procedure text
is variable Y. The analysis of data can be seen in the table below:
Table 4.4 Data Analysis
Students X Y XY X2 Y2
student 1 95 81 7695 9025 6561
student 2 95 82 7790 9025 6724
student 3 95 75 7125 9025 5625
student 4 80 80 6400 6400 6400
student 5 95 90 8550 9025 8100
student 6 95 82 7790 9025 6724
student 7 90 82 7380 8100 6724
student 8 85 84 7140 7225 7056
student 9 100 84 8400 10000 7056
student 10 95 82 7790 9025 6724
student 11 90 82 7380 8100 6724
student 12 90 80 7200 8100 6400
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student 14 80 75 6000 6400 5625
student 15 95 84 7980 9025 7056
student 16 100 80 8000 10000 6400
student 17 80 82 6560 6400 6724
student 18 95 81 7695 9025 6561
student 19 95 85 8075 9025 7225
student 20 85 80 6800 7225 6400
student 21 95 84 7980 9025 7056
student 22 90 74 6660 8100 5476
student 23 95 87 8265 9025 7569
student 24 95 81 7695 9025 6561
student 25 95 80 7600 9025 6400
student 26 90 89 8010 8100 7921
student 27 75 81 6075 5625 6561
student 28 95 89 8455 9025 7921
student 29 90 94 8460 8100 8836
student 30 90 78 7020 8100 6084
student 31 50 61 3050 2500 3721
student 32 90 85 7650 8100 7225
student 33 100 86 8600 10000 7396
student 34 100 86 8600 10000 7396
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student 36 80 91 7280 6400 8281
student 37 80 76 6080 6400 5776
student 38 90 76 6840 8100 5776
student 39 95 78 7410 9025 6084
student 40 90 84 7560 8100 7056
student 41 70 75 5250 4900 5625
student 42 80 65 5200 6400 4225
student 43 95 80 7600 9025 6400
student 44 90 84 7560 8100 7056
student 45 95 88 8360 9025 7744
student 46 95 85 8075 9025 7225
student 47 95 84 7980 9025 7056
student 48 95 86 8170 9025 7396
student 49 90 82 7380 8100 6724
student 50 85 88 7480 7225 7744
student 51 90 83 7470 8100 6889
Student 52 95 85 8075 9025 7225
N=52 ∑X=4670 ∑Y=4257 ∑XY=383765 ∑X2=423350 ∑Y2=350187
From the table, writer got the score of N= 52, ∑X = 4670, ∑Y
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will be calculated to find out the index of correlation “r” between variable X
and Y ( ) used this formula:
√ ] ]
=
√ ] ]
=
√ ] ]
=
√
=
0,563
From the calculation above, it was found that the index of
correlation “r” between variable X and Y ( ) is 0.563.
To make sure the result of the calculation above, the writer also
used SPSS program. The using of SPSS is to know whether the calculation
that writer did manually was correct and to make sure that there is not
mismatching calculation between scores that the writer counted. The
calculation of SPSS is described such as follow: ∑ ∑ ∑
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Table 4.5 Correlations
The result of those two calculations (manual calculation and SPSS
calculation) are same, in which show the value of correlation “r” between variable X and Y ( ) is 0.563. It means that there is no mismatch in the
process of calculating the data.
To interpret the score of correlation “r” between variable X and Y ( ) that has found 0.563. The writer used two ways, they are:
1. Interpretation using index scores of correlations “r” product moment. Sudijono (2010:193) proposes a table to interpret the index scores of
coefficient correlations “r” product moment between variable X and
Y, as in table 4.6
Table 4.6 Correlation
The score of “r” Interpretation
0.00 – 0.20 There is correlation between X and Y, but the correlation is very weak.
0.20 – 0.40 There is correlation between X and Y, but little
imperative procedure
Imperative Pearson Correlation 1 ,563**
Sig. (2-tailed) ,000
N 52 52
Procedure Pearson Correlation ,563** 1
Sig. (2-tailed) ,000
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0.40 – 0.70 There is correlation between X and Y, the value is medium.
0.70– 0.90 There is high correlation between X and Y.
0.90- 1.00 There is very high correlation between
Xand Y.
Based on the result of correlation product moment ( ), the final
score is 0.563 or 0.57. It is categorized by using coefficient correlation
criteria above. It is known that 0,563 or 0,57 is classified interval 0.40 – 0.70 on the indexes of correlation, so it means that two variables have
correlation with medium value.
2. Interpretation using the table correlation of significance 5% and 1 %
( )
Table 4.7
“r” table of significance
Df 5% 1%
45 0.288 0.372
50 0.273 0.354
60 0.250 0.325
(Sudijono, 2011: 480)
Before interpreting, the writer needs to calculated the degrees of
45 df = N – nr
= 52 – 2 = 50
The interpretation of the symbols in the table, is as follow:
df : degrees of freedom
N : number of participants
nr : number of variable
From the formula above, df score is 50. Based on the table
correlation ( ), if df=50, the value of significance 5% is 0.273, while
value of significance 1% is 0.354. So, > , or table index correlation
higher than value of table significant 5% and 1%.
So, the writer used the interpretation above to found the hypothesis
of two variables in the next section.
C. The Hypothesis
In this section, the writer described the hypothesis:
1. Null hypothesis (H0): there is no significant correlation between
students‟ mastery of imperative sentence and their ability in writing procedure text.
2. Alternative hypothesis (Ha): there is significant correlation between
students‟ mastery of imperative sentence and their ability in writing procedure text.
The statistical hypothesis as follow:
46 2. If < , so Ha is rejected
From the result of interpretation, it indicates that > ,
(0.563>0.273) or (0.563>0.354). It means that Ha is accepted or in other
word there is correlation between imperative sentence mastery and writing
procedure text.
So, there is correlation between students‟ mastery of imperative sentence and their ability in writing procedure text at the ninth grade
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CHAPTER V
CLOSURE
A. Conclusion
Based on the data analysis explained in the chapter IV, the
researchabout the correlation between imperative sentence mastery and
writing procedure text at the ninth grade students of MTs N Salatiga, finally
comes to the conclusion as follows:
1. Based on the result of the data, sum score of imperative sentence test is
4670, mean of imperative scores is 89. From that calculation, it
concludes that most of students in this case iscategorized into very good
level in mastering imperative sentence.
2. Based on the result of the data, sum score of writing procedure test is
4257, mean of the procedure text writing is 81. From that calculation,
procedure text writing in this case is categorized into good level.
3. From the analysis uses Pearson Product Moment Correlation formula and
SPSS, it can be seen that the result is 0.563. It is higher than r table either
at level 5 %= (0.273) or 1 %= (0.354) or (0.273<0.563>0.354). It can be
concluded that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. It means that there is a
correlation between students mastery of imperative sentence and their
ability in writing procedure text at the ninth grade students of MTs N
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B. Suggestions
1. For Students
For English education students, the result of this research shows that
there is correlation between imperative sentence and writing of procedure
text, so the students can be interested to learn about imperative sentence
and apply it in procedure text.
2. For Further Researcher
This research can be beneficial for further researcher, which intends to
find out the correlation of two variables. This research may also become
relevant previous research that uses to other researchers to conduct a
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Imperative Sentence Test
A. Choose the best answer of these questions!
1. Give the right imperative form.
Please …. your hand (to raise)
a. Raising c. Have raise
b. Raised d. Raise
2. Give the right imperative form.
…. the police now! (to call)
a. Calling c. Has call
b. Call d. Called
3. Give the right imperative form.
…. to the blackboard! (to go)
a. Going c. Go
b. Went d. Gone
4. Give the right imperative form.
Please, ... me your phone number! (to give)
Based on the dialogue above, choose the correct prohibition
sentence!
a. Don‟t come late! c. Don‟t sleep in the class ! b. Don‟t coming late! d. Don‟t sleeping in the class!
6. Jhon : “Hi Marcel, I want go to the market” Marcel : “Ok Jhon. Please,…. (careful)
Based on the dialogue above, choose the correct request! a. Can careful! c. Be careful!
b. Carefully d. Don‟t careful
7. The right command sentence is….
a. My mother went to Jakarta two days ago. c. Sit down!
b. Don‟t talk in this room! d. Are you
new
student?
8. The right prohibition sentence is….
a. Don‟t take the jacket! c. Be quiet please! b. Shut the door, won‟t you? d. Lending him the
telephone
9. “Eat more vegetables or fresh fruits!”
Change the command above into correct prohibition sentence.
a. Don‟t eat more vegetables or fresh fruits! b. Don;t eaten more vegetables or fresh fruits!
10. “Please buy a novel!”
Change the request sentence above into correct prohibition
sentence.
a. Buy a novel! c. Please, buy a novel!
b. Don‟t buy a novel now! d. Don‟t buy a novel!
11. Choose the correct imperative sentence!
1) Raise your hand, please!
12. Choose the correct imperative sentence!
1) My father is a teacher.
13. Choose the correct imperative sentence!
1) Please, bring this book!
2) Don‟t bring this book! 3) Take off your shoes!
5) Why you cry?
a. 1,2 and 3 c. 3,4 and 5
b. 2,3 and 4 d. 2,4 and 5
14. You will examination tomorrow. You want to be a success student.
Choose the suitable sentence based on the above sentence!
a. Don‟t be lazy! c. Please, don‟t study hard!
b. Do you want to be a good student? d. Don‟t be late!
15. You are at the kitchen. You want some more juice.
What will you say? Choose the suitable sentence based on the
above sentence!
a. Please, give me some juice! c. Why you give me
some juice?
b. Give me some juice! d. Don‟t give me
some juice!
B. Put the words in the correct order to make imperative sentence!
1. Not / sit /do / down!
2. Not / close / window / do / the!
3. Careful / be / please!
4. Don‟t/ sugar / the / mix!
Writing Test
Answer Key
Imperative Sentence Test
A. Multiple Choice
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. B
15. A
B. The correct sentence
1. Don‟t sit down!
2. Don‟t close the window! 3. Please, be careful!
4. Don‟t mix the sugar!
Procedure Text Writing
HOW TO MAKE A MANGO JUICE
Materials:
1. A piece of mango
2. A half glass of water
3. A glass of ice pack
4. A spoon of sugar
Steps:
1. First, Peel the mango and clean it.
2. Second, cut the mango into pieces and put into blender.
3. Then, put water, ice and sugar.
4. After that, blender for about 15 seconds
5. Next, pour the mango juice into a glass
Writing Assessment Rubric
26-22 Good to average Some knowledgeable of subject, adequate range, limited development of thesis, mostly relevant to topic, but lacks detail.
21 – 17 Fair to poor Limited knowledge of subject, little substance, inadequate development of topic
16 - 13 Very poor Does not show the knowledge of subject, no substantive, not pertinent, not enough to evaluate
Fluent expression, ideas clearly stated/ supported, well organized, logical sequencing, cohesive.
17-14 Very good to average
Somewhat choppy, loosely organized but main ideas stand out, limited support, logical but incomplete sequencing
13-10 Fair to poor Non-fluent, ideas confused or disconnected, lacks logical sequencing and development
17-14 Very good to average
Adequate range, occasional errors of word/ idiom form, usage but meaning not obscured
13-10 Fair to good Limited range, frequent errors of words/ idiom form, choice, usage, meaning confused or obscured
9-7 Very poor Essentially translation, little knowledge of English vocabulary, idioms, word form, not enough to evaluate
Effective complex constructions, few errors of agreement, tense, number, word order/ functions, articles, pronouns, preparations
21-19 Very good to average
Effective but simple constructions, minor problems in complex constructions, several errors of agreement, tense, number, word order functions, articles, pronouns, prepositions but meaning never obscured
17-11 Fair to poor Major problems in simple/ complex constructions, frequent errors of negation, agreement, tense, number, word/ order/ functions, articles, pronouns, prepositions and or fragments, deletions, meaning confused or obscured
10-5 Very poor Virtually no mastery of sentence construction rules, dominated by errors, does not communicate, not enough to
Demonstrates mastery of conventions, few errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing
4 Very good to average
3 Fair to poor Frequent errors of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, paragraphing, poor handwriting, meaning confused not obscured