Students’ ability using modal auxiliaries at grade VIII MTsN Sipagimbar Saipar - Dolok Hole Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan

This research is about the students‘ ability in using modal auxiliaries, and the problems are the students‘ability got difficulties in using modal auxiliaries, and do not understand the patterns and the using of tenses, mastery of vocabulary is low, and training auxiliaries is not interesting.The aim of the research is to know the students‘ Ability in using Modal auxiliaries at GradeVIII Sipagimbar Saipar Dolok Hole Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan. In this research, researcher used quantitative approach in the type of the descriptive method. There were 22 students as sample of the research at grade VIII students sipagimbar . In collecting data, the researcher used multiple choice test for students, the multiple test consist of 20 items. The researcher used. Z-test for analyzing data. Based on the result of research, researcher found that the Students‘Ability in Using Modal Auxiliaries at Grade VIII students sipagimbar Tapanuli Selatan was enough ability, it was 62,86 category. Then, the hypothesis was rejected by using Z- test, key word: ability, and modal auxiliaries because Zcount = - 4,14 < Ztable = 0,3264 by students Ability In Using At Grade VIII MTsN Saipar Dolok Hole Kabupaten Tapanuli Selatan are enough category