The ability of the students in using principal auxiliaries in writing tenses at grade viii MTs S Babussalam Basilam Baru

This thesis discussed about how the students’ Ability in Using Principal Auxiliaries in Writing Tenses at Grade VIII MTs S Babussalam Basilam Baru. What the students’ difficulties in Using Principal Auxiliaries in Writing Tenses at Grade VIII MTs S Babussalam Basilam Baru and what efforts done by English teacher overcoming the students’ difficulties in Using Principal Auxiliaries in Writing Tenses at Grade VIII MTs S Babussalam Basilam Baru. Based on the problems of this research, the aims of this research were to know the Students’ Ability in Using Principal Auxiliaries in Writing Tenses at Grade VIII MTs S Babussalam Basilam Baru. To know the students difficulties in Using Principal Auxiliaries in Writing Tenses and to know efforts done by English teacher overcoming the students’ difficulties in Using Principal Auxiliaries in Writing Tenses. This research used qualitative research by using descriptive method. The instruments of collecting data that used in the research were observation, test and interview. The analysis by using Mean Score and describe their ability based on their result. The formula of Mean Score as below: N X M ( ) After doing the research to the students at Grade VIII MTs S Babussalam Basilam Baru, it could be known that the Ability of Students in Using Principal Auxiliaries in Writing Tenses at Grade VIII MTs S Babussalam Basilam Baru can be categorized into enough (58,69%). The students’ difficulties in learning tenses were students false the Using Principal Auxiliaries in Writing Tenses, the students were poor in vocabulary and forgot the structure of tenses. The efforts done by the English teachers to overcoming the students’ difficulties the students the teacher often repeat the lesson and give more examples, While the difficulties of students in structure, the English teachers explained structure and give example that matching with tenses so the students understood of the tenses