The analysis of students’ ability in building sentences by using preposition at SMA Negeri 1 Gunung Tuleh

The aims of problem are to know the students’ ability in building sentences by using preposition at SMA Negeri 1 Gunung Tuleh, to know the difficulties of students’ ability in building sentences by using preposition at SMA Negeri 1 Gunung Tuleh, and to know the efforts done by English teachers to overcome of difficulties students’ ability in building sentences by using preposition at SMA Negeri 1 Gunung Tuleh. The research was conducted with qualitative descriptive analysis. The sources of the data, researcher used the primary source was students and secondary sources were English teacher and headmaster. There are 3 instruments in collecting data: test, interview and observation. Based on the result of research, researcher found that the students’ ability in building sentences by using preposition at SMA Negeri 1 Gunung Tuleh is enough (53. 71%) and these the difficulties of students’ ability in building sentences by using preposition at SMA Negeri 1 Gunung Tuleh: still confuse to determine using preposition in sentences, still confused to show the small and big place, and determine of subject, predicate, object and complement. And the efforts had done by English teachers to overcome of difficulties students’ ability in building sentences by using preposition at SMA Negeri 1 Gunung Tuleh: repeated the lesson before, gave the homework, and gave the examples in sentences according to student environment