THE DESCRIPTION OF ENGLISH TENSES USED IN THE NOVEL THE THREE MUSKETEERS BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS
A PAPER
WRITTEN BY
EKA YUNI SARI BR SILALAHI REG.NO : 122202018
DIPLOMA-III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF CULTURE STUDY
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN
2015
Approved by
19560705198903 1 002 Dr. Ridwan Hanafiah, M.A
Submitted to Faculty of Culture Study, University of Sumatera Utara In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Diploma (D-III) in English
Approved by
Head of Diploma III English Study Program,
19521126198112 1 001
Dr.Matius. C.A. Sembiring,M.A
Approved by the Diploma III of English Study Program
Faculty of Culture Study, University of Sumatera Utara
As a Paper for the Diploma (D-III) Examination
Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Diploma III(D-III) of English Study Program, Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara.
The examination is held on
Faculty of Culture Studies, University of Sumatera Utara Dean,
NIP.19511013197603 1 001 Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A
Board of Examinery :
1. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Head of ESP)
2. Dr.Ridwan Hanafiah, M.A
3 Dr. Masdiana Lubis, M.Hum. (Supervisor)
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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION
I am, Eka Yuni Sari br Silalahi, declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where the references is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree.
No other person’s work has been used without acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award for another degree in any tertiary education.
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Name : Eka Yuni Sari br Silalahi
Title of paper : The Description of English Tenses in the Novel “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas
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This paper is entitled The Description of English Tenses Used in the Novel “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas. The methodology used in this paper is descriptive method by Nazar (2003:54) and theory used in this tenses by Romdony (2008:131). In Novel “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas used eleven different tenses, they are Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense, Present Perfect Tense, Present Perfect Continuous Tense, Simple Past Tense, Past Continuous Tense, Past Perfect Tense, Past Perfect Continuous Tense, Future Tense, Past Future Tense, and Past Future Perfect Tense. Tense is the one of English structure. There are two kinds in the sentences found of the novel that use the verb and non verb (adjective or noun). Not only that, this tense has the different sentence pattern. The form of the sentences, are positive, negative, interrogative and informative question. The eleven tenses have some of sentence patterns, they are present tense with 10 sentence patterns, present continuous tense with 3 sentence patterns, present perfect tense with 7 sentence patterns, present perfect continuous tense with 1 sentence pattern, simple past tense with 9 sentence patterns, past continuous tense with 1 sentence pattern, past perfect tense with 5 sentence patterns, past perfect continuous tense with 1 sentence pattern, future tense with 5 sentence patterns, past future tense with 3 sentence patterns, and past future perfect tense with 2 sentence patterns. Moreover, the dominantly of tenses used in the Novel “The Three Musketeer” is past tense because past tense has 114 sentences in this novel and this novel tells the story of events in the past.
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Kertas karya ini berjudul The Description of English Tenses Used in the Novel “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas. Metodologi yang digunakan dalam tugas akhir ini adalah metode deskripsi oleh Nazar (2003:131) dan teori yang digunakan dalam tenses oleh Romdony (2008:131). Dalam novel “The Three Musketeers” oleh Alexandre Dumas menggunakan sebelas tenses yang berbeda, diantaranya adalah Present Tense, Present Continuous Tense, Present Perfect Tense, Present Perfect Continuous Tense, Simple Past Tense, Past Perfect Continuous Tense, Future Tense, Past Future Tense, dan Past Future Perfect Tense. Tenses merupakan salah satu dari struktur bahasa inggris. Ada dua jenis kalimat yang ditemukan pada novel yaitu menggunakan kata kerja dan bukan kata kerja (kata sifat atau kata benda). Tidak hanya itu, tense ini mempunyai rumus yang berbeda. Bentuk dari kalimat tersebut adalah positif, negatif, kalimat bertanya, dan kalimat menyakan. Sebelas tenses ini memiliki beberapa rumus, yaitu present tense dengan 10 rumus, present continuous tense dengan 3 rumus, present perfect tense dengan 7 rumus, present perfect continuous tense dengan 1 rumus, simple past tense dengan 9 rumus, past continuous tense dengan 1 rumus, past perfect tense dengan 5 rumus, past perfect continuous tense dengan 1 rumus, future tense dengan 5 rumus, past future tense dengan 3 rumus, dan past future perfect tense dengan 2 rumus. Selain itu, tenses yang dominan digunakan dalam novel ‘The Three Musketeers” adalah past tense karena past tense mempunyai 114 kalimat dan novel ini menceritakan kejadian yang sudah lalu.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First of all, the writer would like to say thank to God, merciful, and most gracious who has given blessing to the writer so that the writer keep healthy and can compile this paper. This paper is written to fulfill one of the requirements in order to get the degree of diploma III from the Faculty of Cultural Science, North University.
Not only that, the writer also be aware that in this paper not be completed without the support, guidance and suggestion. Therefore, the writer would like to thank to this following people.
1. Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A the Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Science of North Sumatera University.
2. Dr. Matius C.A Sembiring, M.A the Head of the Diploma III of the English Department which has allowed me to accomplish my paper.
3. Dr. Ridwan Hanafiah, M.A who is on this circumstance as a supervisor and Dr. Hj. MasdianaLubis, M.Hum as a reader in writing this paper for his patience in giving supervision, advice and have many take spend time to check out this paper.
4. Bapak Edward Silalahi and Ibu Rupianna br Ginting as my beloved
parents. The writer would like thank to my beloved parents for your love, support, prayers, spirit and material so that the writer can complete her education of diploma III from the Faculty of Cultural Science, North University.
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5. Ervina br Silalahi as my sister, Chris Yericho Brema Silalahi as my younger brother, Erik Silalahi and Ika Silalahi as my cousin thanks for giving the writer support, motivation and your prayers to accomplish this paper.
6. Florencia M Pratiwi, Mercy Sarah, Elisa Putri, Rotua Meyly and Arta Sinaga as my best friends. The writer would like thank for your spirit and who have shared and contributed yours knowledge so that the writer remain motivated to accomplish her paper.
7. Jaka Lariza, Alexander Siahaan and Jan Bruana Nainggolan as a senior in the faculty. The writer would like thanks for giving your motivation to make the writer more spirit to accomplish her paper.
Finally, I have finished this paper for a long time and it is not perfect. Therefore, I welcome any constructive criticism and suggestion towards this paper.
Medan, July 2015 The writer,
EkaYuni Sari Reg.No. 122202018
