AN ANALYSIS OF PASSIVE VOICE MASTERY OF ELEVENTH GRADERS OF SMA NEGERI 5 PURWOKERTO

Abstract

Mastering passive voice is an essential aspect of English grammar. Passive voice is frequently used in journals, newspapers, and scientific writing. Therefore, students should feel comfortable creating passive voice sentences, even though errors are common during language learning activities. This study aimed to measure and analyze students’ mastery in passive voice and to find out their errors. The data collection method utilized for this quantitative research was testing techniques. The research subjects were 30 eleventh-grade students from SMA Negeri 5 Purwokerto. The writer discovered that the students had achieved a perfect level of mastery in passive voice, while the most common error observed was misinformation.

Keywords: error analysis, passive voice mastery, quantitative research