a) (Pen, pens) a r e o n y o u r desk. - Error analysis in the agreement of plural-noun pattern in a sentence made by the third year students of SMA Kristen PIRNGADI Surabaya - Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Repository

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Choose and u n d e r l i n e t h e c o r r e c t f o r m of

t h e d e t e r m i n e r ,

t h e n o u n , and t h e verb.

e . q . : -

(Some.

a ) ( P e n ,

p e n s )

a r e o n y o u r desk.

-

T h e s e

( q h p r t s ,

s h o r t )

( a r t ,

i s ) old.

1.

( A

d e e r , D e e r ) (is, a r e ) lovely animals.

2. (This, T h e s e ) (news, n e w ) i s g o o d tonight.

3. ( T h i s , T h e s e ) ( t e a m , t e a m s ) c e l e b r a t e if they win.

4.

T h e ( f a m i l y , f a m i l i e s ) ( l i v e , l i v e s ) in t h e i r n e w house.

5.

( T h i s , T h e s e ) ( e y e g l a s s , e y e g l a s s e s ) a r e new.

6.

( M a n y , M u c h ) ( m a c h i n e r y , m a c h i n e r i e s ) i s o u t o f order.

7. ( E l e c t r o n i c s , E l e c t r o n i c ) ( a r e , i s ) a f i e l d of study.

8. T h e ( p o o r s , p o o r ) ( i s , a r e ) o f t e n hungry.

-

9.

( M u m p s , M u m p ) ( a r e , i s ) a very c o n t a g i o u s disease.

10. ( A

little, S e v e r a l ) ( s a l m o n , s a l m o n s ) a r e g i v e n t o us.

11. T h e ( B r u s s e l , B r u s s e l s ) ( i s , a r e ) a n i c e city.

12. ( T h i s , T h e s e ) ( p y j a m a s , p y j a m a ) a r e worn-out.

13.

( A

few,

12

l i t t l e ) ( t e a s p o o n , t e a s p o o n s ) of

c o f f e a r e

provided.

14. (Much,

M a n y ) (women- servants,

w o m a n - s e r v a n t )

a r e

p;etty.

15. ( M u c h ,

A l l ) my

(sister- in- law,

sisters- in- law) a r e

pretty.

16. T h e r e a r e ( s o m e , a n y ) ( r a d i o , r a d i o s ) in t h a t room.

17. S o m e n e w ( g l a s s e s , gl.ass) ( i s , a r e ) bought f o r us.

18. ( M a n y ,

M u c h ) n o u r i s h i n g ( f o o d , f o o d s ) i s g o o d

f o r

health.

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-

20. ( S u q a r , S u q a r s ) ( m a k e , m a k e s ) t h i n q s t a s t e sweet.

21. T o o ( m u c h , m a n y ) (salt. s a l t s ) in f o o d i s bad f o r you.

22. S o m e

( s i l v e r ,

L i l v e r s ) (is,

a r e ) u s e d

t o

m a k e

j e w e l l e r y .

23. ( S e v e r a l ,

A' l i t t l e

of

)

( c h a i r s , c h a i r ) a r e m a d e of

s t a i n l e s s steel.

24. ( T h e , A ) ( w a y s , w a y ) g f h i s t h i n k i n g a r e admirable.

25. ( T h i s , T h e s e ) ( g i r l s , g i r l ) a r e f a s h i o n a b l e .

26. ( T h a t , T h o s e ) ( l e a v e s , l e a f ) a r e dry.

27. ( S o m e , A n y ) ( t a x e s , t a x ) a r e heavy.

28. ( A l l , A ) ( p r o g r a m s , p r o g r a m ) a r e changed.

29. T h e s e ( c a n d y , c a n d i e s ) ( 1 5 , a r e ) sweet.

30.

( A ,

T h e ) ( c a l f , c a l v e s ) a r e s t i l l very young.

31.

( F ,

s h e e p , S h e e p ) i

a r e lovely animals.

32. T h e s e ( s e r i , s e r i e s ) ( i s , a r e ) complete.

33. ( T h a t , T h o s e ) ( f a m i l y , f a m i l i e s ) l i v e s happily.

34. T h e ( c o m m i t t e e ,

c o m m i t t e e s ) n e v e r

Cmake,

m a k e s ) u p

t h e i r m i n d s in a hurry.

35.

( T h i s , T h e s e ) ( t r o u s e r s , t r o u s e r ) a r e o f ~ o o d

quality.

36.

( M a n y , M u c h ) ( e q u i p m e n t , e q u i p m e n t s ) i s broken.

37.

( M a t h e m a t i c , M a t h e m a t i c s ) ( i s , a r e ) d i f f i c u l t f o r him.

38.

T h e ( r i c h ,

r i c h e s ) ( e n a b l e , e n a b l e s ) t o o b t a i n g o o d

e d u c a t i o n .

39.

( M e a s l e s , N e a s l e ) ( i s , a r e ) a very c o n t a g i o u s disease.

40. ( A little, S e v e r a l ) biq ( f i s h , f i s h e s ) a r e prepared f o r

dinner.

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42. ( T h a t , Those) ( s c i s s o r s . s c i s s o r ) a r e b l u n t .

43. ( 4 few, 4 l i t t l e ) ( t a b l e s p o o n . t a b l e s p o o n s ) o f suoar

a r e enouah.

44. (Many. Much) (men- servants, man- servant) a r e needed

t h e r e .

45. (611. 6 ) my ( b r o t h e r - i n - l a w , b r o t h e r s - l n - l a w ) a r e c l e v e r .

46. There ( i s , a r e ) some (boxes, box) i n t h e room.

47. The (tomatoes, t o m a t o ) ( i s , a r e ) bought f o r u s .

48. Much ( p a p e r , p a p e r s ) ( i s , a r e ) i n h i s drawer.

49. (Books, Book) ( i s . a r e ) made f r o m paper.

SO. ( F r u i t , F r u i t s ) ( c o n t a i n , c o n t a i n s ) vitamins.

51. Too much ( s u g a r , s u g a r s ) i n t e a ( i s , a r e ) bad f o r you.

52. ( R i c e , R i c e s ) ( i s , a r e ) grown i n many p a r t s o f

I n d o n e s i a .

53. ( S e v e r a l ,

4

l i t t l e o f ) (houses, house) a r e made o f wood.

54. (Some, Much) ( k e y s , k e y ) a r e d i s a p p e a r i n g .

55. Those (boy, b o y s ) ( i s , a r e ) d i l i g e n t .

56. These ( k n i v e s , k n i f e ) ( i s , a r e ) b l u n t .

57. Some (wishes, w i s h ) ( i s , a r e ) a l r e a d y f u l f i l l e d .

58. ( A l l , Much) (bank, banks) a r e c l o s e d on Sunday.

59. Expensive ( t h i n g , t h i n q s ) ( c o s t , c o s t s ) a l o t o f money.

60. T h e ( g i r a f f e , g i r a f f e s ) ( i s , a r e ) a n i m a l s w i t h l o n g

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Choose and u n d e r l i n e t h e c o r r e c t f o r m o f t h e d e t e r m i n e r ,

t h e noun, and t h e verb.

e . ~ . :

-

(Some. 6 ) (pen, pens) a r e on your desk.

-

These ( s h o r t s . s h o r t ) ( a r e , i s ) o l d .

1..

The ( f a m i l y , f a m i l i e s ) ( l i v e , l i v e s ) i n t h e i r new house. 2. ( T h i s , These) ( e y e g l a s s , e y e g l a s s e s ) a r e new.

3. ( E l e c t r o n i c s , E l e c t r o n i c ) ( a r e , i s ) a f i e l d o f s t u d y .

4. The ( p o o r s , Door) ( i s , a r e ) o f t e n hungry.

5. ( 6 l i t t l e , S e v e r a l ) (salmon, salmons) a r e g i v e n t o

us.

6. ( T h i s . These) (pyjamas, pyjama) a r e worn o u t .

7,

(Much, Many) (women-servants, women-servant) a r e needed

here.

8 . ( M u c h , A l l ) ( m y s i s t e r - i n - l a w , s i s t e r s - i n - l a w ) a r e p r e t t y .

9. Some new ( g l a s s e s , g l a s s )

(is,

a r e ) bought f o r us.

10. Too (much, many) ( s a l t , s a l t s ) i n food i s bad f o r you.

11. Some ( s i l v e r , s i l v e r s ) ( i s , a r e ) used t o make

j e w e l l e r y

.

12. ( S e v e r a l , 6 l i t t l e ) ( c h a i r s , c h a i r ) a r e made o f

s t a i n l e s s s t e e l .

13. (The, (3) (ways, way) o f h i s t h i n k i n g a r e a d m i r a b l e . 14. ( T h i s , These) ( g i r l s , g i r l ) a r e f a s h i o n a b l e .

15. (Some, Any) ( t a x e s , t a x ) a r e heavy.

16.

( A sheep, Sheep) ( i s , a r e ) l o v e l y animals. 17. These ( s e r i , s e r i e s ) ( i s , a r e ) c ~ m p l e ~ e .

16.

( T h a t , Those) ( f a m i l y , f a m i l i e s ) l i v e s h a p p i l y .

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20. (Many, Much) (equzpment. equzpments) 1s broken.

21. ( M a t h e m a t i c . Mathematrcs) (15, a r e ) d z f f z c u l t f o r him.

22. ( A l z t t l e , S e v e r a l ) b l q ( f l s h . f z s h e s ) a r e p r e p a r e d f o r dznner

.

23. ( T h a t , Those) ( s c i s s o r s , s c i s s o r ) a r e b l u n t .

2 4 . ( A few. A l i t t l e ) ( t a b l e s p o o n , t a b l e s p o o n s ) o f suqar a r e

enouq h

.

25. There ( i s , a r e ) some (boxes, b o x ) i n t h e room.

26. The ( t o m a t o e s , t o m a t o ) ( i s , a r e ) bought f o r u s .

27. (Books, book) ( i s , a r e ) made f r o m paper.

28. ( F r u i t , F r u i t s ) ( c o n t a i n , c o n t a i n s ) v i t a m i n s .

29. (Some, Much) ( k e y s , k e y ) a r e d i s a p p e a r i n g .

30. These ( k n i v e s , k n i f e )

(is,

a r e ) b l u n t .

31. (611, Much) (bank, banks) a r e c l o s e d on S u n d a y .

32. E x p e n s i v e ( t h i n g , t h i n g s ) ( c o s t , c o s t s ) a l o t o f money.

33. The ( g i r a f f e . q i r a f f e s ) ( i s , a r e ) a n i m a l s w i t h l o n g

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9

0

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S u b j e c t

26

2

7

28

29

30

3 1

3

2

33

3

4

35

36

37

38

39

4 0 4

1

4

2

4

3

4

5

4

6

47

4

8

4 9

50

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-

7

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70

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.

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Subject

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x

62

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The meanino o f t h e symbols :

W 1

=

t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s who answered d e t e r m i n e r s

i n c o r r e c t l v in t h e aareement between d e t e r m i n e r s and p l u r a 1 -nouns.

R 1 = t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s who answered d e t e r m i n e r s

c o r r e c t l y i n t h e agreement between determiners and

p l u r a l - n o u n s .

FV1 ( % )

=

t h e index o f d i f f i c u l t y i n d e t e r m i n e r s i n t h e

aqreement between d e t e r m i n e r s and p l u r a l - n o u n s .

W2

=

t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s who answered p l u r a l - n o u n 5

i n c o r r e c t l y i n t h e agreement between d e t e r m i n e r s and

R2 = t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s who answered p l u r a l - n o u n s

c o r r e c t l y i n t h e aqreement between d e t e r m i n e r s and

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I t e m D l f f l c u l t y ( F . V . , I n t h e Aqreement between P l u r a l - N o u n s and Verbs

I t e m number

1 4 7 8 9 11 1 7 19

2

0-

2

29 3 1

3

2

3 4 3

7

3 8

39

4 1

4 6

4 7

4 8

4 9

50

5 1

-

W3

1 1

5

3 1 16 4 0 1 2 66 1 7 7

2

0

7

20

3

3 9 18 4 19 11 19

36

1 2 19 17 8 R 3 77 73

57

7 2 48

76

2 2

7 1 8 1

6 8

8

1

6 8

5

79

7 0

8 4

69

7 7

6 9

52

7 6

6 9 7 1 8 0

F V 3 ( % )

8 7 83 6 5 82 54

86

2 5

8 0 92 77 9

2

77

62

90 7 9 9 5

*

78

8 7 7 8

59

86 7 8 80 9 1

W4

1 4

2 6

4 2

2 4

12 18

5 0

8

3 2

28

3 7 22 2 6 1 2 43 4 5 29 30 19

5

1

44

4 6

3 3

.

R 4 74

6 2

4

6

6 4 7 6 7 0 38 80 56

6 0

5 1

66 6 2

7

6 4 5 4 3 59 58 69 37 4 4

4 2

4

2

55

FV4

(7.)

8 4

7 0

52

7

3

8 6

7 9

43

91

6 4

68

58

7 5

7 0 8 6 5 1 4 9 6 7

66

7 8

4 2

5 0

4 8

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The meanina o f t h e symbols :

W 3

=

t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s who answered p l u r a l - n o u n s

i n c o r r e c t l y i n t h e aqreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and

verbs.

R 3

=

t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s who answered p l u r a l - n o u n s c o r r e c t l y i n t h e agreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and

v e r b s

.

F V 3 ( % ) = t h e index o f d i f f i c u l t y i n p l u r a l - n o u n s i n t h e aqreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and verbs.

W 4 = t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s who answered verbs

i n c o r r e c t l y i n t h e agreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and

v e r b s

.

R 4

=

t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s who answered verbs

c o r r e c t l y i n t h e agreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and

verbs

.

F V 4 ( % ) = t h e index o f d i f f i c u l t y i n verbs i n t h e agreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and verbs.

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Item D i s c r i m i n a t i o n

i n

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110

I t e m D l s c r l m i n a t i o n i n

t h e 4qreement between U e t e r m i n e r s

and

P l u r a l - ~ o u n k

I _tern

Number

4 0

4 2 4 3

4 4

4 5

5 3

5

4

58

D e t e r m i n e r s P l u r a l - N o u n s

D 1

. 3 0

. 3 6

. 4 5 . 1 4 $

. 3 4

-.(I7 $

. 3 9

.

3 0 R 1

D 2

.32

. 3 9

. 3 0

.11

*

Upper

4 3 4 3 39

43 4 1

3

9

4 2 4 3

R 2

Lower 30 2 7 19

3 7 -

26

4 2

2

5

3 0

Upper

4 4 28 44

4 0

Lower

30

11

3 1

4 3

4 0

4 3

4 2

3 7

1

. 1 4

*-

38

30

39

. 0 4 1;

.30

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The meanina o f t h e symbols :

R 1

Upper = t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s i n t h e upper qroup who answered t h e d e t e r m i n e r s c o r r e c t l y i n t h e

aareement between d e t e r m i n e r s and p l u r a l - n o u n s .

R 1 Lower

=

t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s i n t h e lower group

who answered t h e p l u r a l - n o u n s c o r r e c t l y i n the

agreement between d e t e r m i n e r s and p l u r a l - n o u n s .

R 2 Upper = t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s i n t h e upper group

who answered t h e p l u r a l - n o u n s c o r r e c t l y i n t h e

R 2 Lower

=

t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s i n t h e lower group

who answered t h e p l u r a l - n o u n s c o r r e c t l y i n t h e

Dl

= t h e d i s c r i m ~ n a t i o n index I n d e t e r m i n e r s .

D2

= t h e d i s c r i m i n a t i o n index i n ~ l u r a l - n o u n s .

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I tern _{c ~ l s c r}_{l m l n a t}

I o n

i n

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I t e m D i s c r i m i n a t i o n i n

t h e Aoreement between Oetermlners and Plural- Nouns

I tem Number

-

50

5

1

5

2

55

56

5 7

5 9

6 0

D e t e r m i n e r s Plural- Nouns

I l l

.34

.04

*

.32

.04

*

.36

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- 4 1

R

1

D

2

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.09

*

. 4 8

. 4 3 Upper

4 3 4 1

20

42

4 6

43

44

2

4

R 2

Lower

2 8

3 9

6

4 0

16 30 2 9 6 Upper 29

3 7 1 8

4 2

3 1 4 1

36

34

Lower

13

1

e

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The meanlno o t t h e s \ ~ m b o l s :

R 3 Upper = t h e number o f t h e studen-ts I n t h e upper q r o u p who jnswet-ed t h e p l u r a l - n o u n c o r r e c t l v I n t h e aoreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and v e r b s .

R 3 Lower = t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s I n t h e lower q r o u p who answered t h e p l u r a l - n o u n s c o r r e c t l y I n t h e aoreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and v e r b s .

R 4 Upper = t h e number o f t h e s t u d e n t s I n t h e upper q r o u p who answered t h e v e r b s c o r r e c t l y I n t h e agreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and v e r b s .

R 4 Lower = t h e number o t t h e s t u d e n t s l n t h e lower qroup who answered t h e v e r b c o r r e c t l y zn t h e aqreement between p l u r a l - n o u n s and v e r b s .

D 3

=

t h e d i e c r l m l n a t l o n rndex I n p l u r a l - n o u n s .

D4 =

t h e d 1 s c r l m l n a t l o n l n d e x I n v e r b s .