THE ABILITY TO USE PASSIVE VOICE SENTENCE WITH THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF ENSINO BÁSICO 30 CICLO

Rosarini Maia, Jose Sarmento, Agostinho Goncalves

Abstract


Once people exist, there has been a local language to be used to express their ideas, feeling, and thoughts to communicate with each other. In addition, language is an instrument for human beings to use for communicating with each other in social living. The objectives of this study are: (1) to find out whether the Grade Students of EBC 30Ciclo can use Passive Voice and (2) to know their Level of Ability. The method that was used in his study was Normative Survey Method. This method was employed to clarify the problems of the study and describe the result of the study. The subject of the study was 20 students of second Grade Students of EB 30 Ciclo Santo Arnold Jansen. In collecting the data, the writer used the test in the form of 40 optional tests. Based on the result of the conducting research with the Second Grade Students of EBC 30 Ciclo Santo Arnold Jansen were able to use Passive Voice. The students’ level of Ability to use Passive Voice is 6,2 which is classified as the Average Level according to the standard of measurement that is being used in the EBC 30 Santo Arnold Jansen.


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