ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH TENSES ERRORS

Abstract: At The First Semester of English Students’ Department at Faculty of
Teacher Training and Education Lancang Kuning University, the researcher found
that the students had a problem in had grammar error in writing. That was why
researcher conducted this research that aimed toanalyze the English errors faced by
the first semester of English Students Department at Faculty of Teachers Training and
Education LancangKuning University.This research was Descriptive Quantitative
Research. The participants of the research were 36 students. In collecting the data in
this research, the researcher used test and interview as the instrument. The result of
data showed that the students had 176 errors in verb tenses, 8 errors in to be, 5 errors
in correct sentence and 9 in adverb of time with the percentage were 31,38 % in true
or false question and 27,5 % in multiple choice test. In conclusion, The students had a
lot of errors in applied verb tense, adverb of time, correct sentence, and to be.
Keywords: Error, Grammar, English tenses