THE ABILITY OF THE 2007 YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA TO DISTINGUISH PRESENT PARTICIPLE FROM GERUND A THESIS BY: DAMIANUS P SITANGGANG REG.NO. 040705026 UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF LETTERS ENGLISH LITERATURE DEPARTMENT MEDAN 2008
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Firstly let me thank Lord, the Almighty God as the source of all knowledge in the world, for giving me His blessing all these years that I may do and finish this thesis well. On this opportunity I wish to extend my great gratitude to those who have given me advice, ideas and suggestions in the completion of this thesis. Thanks are surely offered to the following person: 1. Bapak Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A as my supervisor and Dra. Roma Ayuni Lubis, M.A as my co-supervisor, who have given many valuable ideas and suggestions in writing this thesis. They have given me many comments, suggestions and guidances in improving the arrangement and the contents of this thesis, and I thank a lot for their precious time for sharing dealing with this thesis. 2. Dra. Swesana Mardia Loebis, M. Hum as the Chairman of English Literature Department and Drs. Yulianus Harefa, GradDiped TESOL., Med TESOL as the secretary of English Literature Department, for their guidance dealing with the writing of this thesis. 3. All my lecturers who have given guidance and lectures to me during my study in English Literature Department, from the beginning up to the end of my study. And also the officers of English Literature Department Bang Jumaidi for his kindness. 4. My late beloved Father (M. Sitanggang) and Mother (T. Br. Aritonang) for all the most beautiful love, the deepest attention, pure cares, wise advice, understanding, given to me all the times. I love you Mother and father till the last of my breath, I promise to be the best son for you, and all the best will be on your way and please wish me luck on my way. 5. My sister Sorta Sitanggang who always take care of me, and to all of my sister and daughter for their supports in helping me in completing this thesis. I love you so much.
6. My special best friend, Rudy P Situmorang and Bernad P Silitonga (Friendship Never Ending) I will never forget for what we have gone through in bad or good situation we always together. And also my best friends, Rosa, Merlin, Erlin, Siska, Agustina, Christy, and the other of my classmate that I do not mention. MAY GOD RETURN FOR ALL THE KINDNESS Medan, 28 Mei 2008 Writer, Damianus P Sitanggang Reg. No: 040705026
ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul The Ability of the 2007 Year Students of English Literature Department, University Of Sumatera Utara to Distinguish Present Participle from Gerund. Skripsi ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana pengetahuan dari mahasiswa Sastra Inggris stambuk 2007 dalam membedakan present participle dari gerund. Dalam melakukan penelitian tersebut, saya mengumpulkan data dari mahasiswa sastra Inggris stambuk 2007 yang berjumlah 65 orang dengan memberikan mereka sebuah test berjumlah 42 soal masing-masing soal 21 buah untuk present participle dan 21 buah lagi untuk soal gerund. Tes tersebut diadakan pada hari Selasa tepatnya tanggal 25 Maret 2008. Saya menganalisis dan membuat persentase seberapa persen jawaban yang benar dan salah yang mereka buat dalam tes tersebut dengan memakai metode kuantitatif dan didukung oleh metode kualitatif. Sehingga dengan itu saya akan menyimpulkan sejauh mana pengetahuan mereka dalam membedakan present participle dari gerund. Dan ternyata sesuai dengan perolehan yang saya temukan persentase jawaban yang benar adalah sejumlah 62.02 % dan yang salah adalah sejumlah 37.08 % maka dengan perolehan tersebut saya menyimpulkan bahwa kemampuan mereka dalam membedakan present participle dari gerund adalah baik. Dari persentase jawaban yang salah yang mereka buat juga dapat disimpulkan bahwa ternyata jawaban yang salah lebih dominan di present participle yaitu berjumlah 54.49% sementara di gerund berjumlah 45.51% dan ini menandakan bahwa mereka lebih memahami gerund dibandingkan dengan gerund. Medan, 28 Mei 2008 Penulis, Damianus P Sitanggang
TABLE OF CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...i ABSTRACT... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS... iv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Background of the Analysis... 1 1.2 The Scope of the Analysis... 4 1.3 The Problem of the Analysis... 4 1.4 The Objectives of the Analysis... 5 1.5 The Significances of the Analysis... 5 CHAPTER II: A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF PRESENT PARTICIPLE AND GERUND 2.1 The Kinds Of Present Participle... 6 2.1.1 Present Participle as an Attributive Adjective... 6 2.1.2 Present Participle after Verb Of Sensation... 7 2.1.3 Present Participle after Certain Verbs... 7 2.1.4 Present Participle Replacing a Main Clause... 8 2.1.5 Present Participle Replacing a Subordinate Clause... 9 2.1.6 Present Participle Forms Continuous Tense... 13 2.1.7 Present Participle after Have... 13 2.2 The Kinds Of Gerund... 14 2.2.1 Gerund as Subject... 14 2.2.2 Gerund after preposition... 16 2.2.3 Gerund after Possessive Adjective... 18 2.2.4 Gerund as Object... 20 2.2.5 Gerund after Certain expressions... 20 2.2.6 Gerund in Short Prohibition... 21 2.2.7 Gerund as Noun Compound... 22 2.3 Review Of Related Literature... 23
CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE ANALYSIS 3.1 Research Method... 24 3.1.1 Population and Data... 24 3.2 Data Collecting Method... 25 3.3 Data Analysis Method... 25 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDING 4.1 Analysis... 27 4.2 Findings... 52 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusions... 53 5.2 Suggestions... 54 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX