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PASSIVE SENTENCES IN THE HEADLINE NEWS OF

THE JAKARTA POST ISSUED IN JANUARY 2014

By

PUTRA ARDY OCTANTO

NIM: 2010-32-173

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS

2014

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PASSIVE SENTENCES IN THE HEADLINE NEWS OF

THE JAKARTA POST ISSUED IN JANUARY 2014

SKRIPSI

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus

in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program

in English Education

By

PUTRA ARDY OCTANTO

NIM: 2010-32-173

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MURIA KUDUS

2014

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

Motto:

No Pain No gain

There is a will there is a way

Nothing is easy but nothing is impossible

Dedications:

This Skripsi is dedicated to:

The writer’s beloved parents

His beloved brother

His beloved friend

His beloved uncles

His friends in UMK

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah, glory to Allah SWT the Almighty, the Lord of Universe

that blesses the writer with health and tremendous power in accomplishing the

skripsi entitled “Passive Sentennces in the Headline News of the Jakarta Post

Issued in January 2014”.

This skripsi is not merely his own work. It is because of having been

greatly improved by some great people who suggested and guided the writer by

giving some comments and notes to make it better. Therefore, the writer would

like to express his deep gratitude to:

1. Dr. Drs. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and

Education Faculty.

2. Diah Kurniati , S.Pd, M.Pd, the Head of English Education Department of

Teacher Training and Education Faculty.

3. Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd, as the writer’s first advisor for all the time,

advices, patience, corrections and attentions to the writer in completing

this skripsi.

4. Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd, as the writer’s second advisor for all the time,

advices, patience, corrections and attentions to the writer in completing

this skripsi.

5. The lecturers of English Education Department of Teacher Training and

Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.

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6. The writer’s beloved parents (Mr. Sukarmin and Madam Kasminah) for

their eternal loves, affections, prays and supports to encourage him in

finishing this skripsi.

7. The writer’s beloved brother.

8. The writer’s beloved friend (Shinta Dwi Kurnia) for her helps, prays. And

supports to encourage him in finishing this skripsi.

9. The writer’s beloved uncles.

10. All of the writer’s friends in Muria Kudus University.

The writer hopes that this research will be useful for those, especially who

are in the field of education.

Kudus, June 2014

The Writer,

Putra Ardy Octanto

NIM. 2010-32-173

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ABSTRACT

Octanto, Putra Ardy. 2014. Passive Sentences in the Headline News of the Jakarta

Post Issued in January 2014. Skripsi. English Education Department

Teacher Training and Education, Faculty Muria Kudus University.

Advisors: (1) Atik Rokhayani, S.Pd, M.Pd, (2) Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd

Key words : Passive sentences, Passive Voice, Headline News, Jakarta Post

Grammar is partly the study of what forms or construction are possible in

a language. Traditional grammar is a grammar which focuses on the analysis of

the construction of the sentence. Sentence can be divided in two kinds, these are

active and passive sentence. The passive sentence is very important in English.

Probably quite 90 per cent of the passive sentences spoken or written are of the

type replacing the indefinite pronoun reflexives in other language. In fact, most of

English grammar book still have little example of passive sentence.

The objectives of this research are to find out the tenses of the passive

sentences in the headline news of the Jakarta Post issued in January 2014 and the

constructions of the passive sentences in the headline news of the Jakarta Post

issued in January 2014

In this research the writer uses qualitative research and employs the

descriptive method to explore the language research to observe descriptively

about passive sentence found in the headline news of the Jakarta post issued in

January 2014.

The result of this research show: 179 passive sentences that cosists of 8

tenses and two modals in the headline news of the Jakarta post issued in January

2014, these are 26 simple present, 5 present progressive, 21 present perfect, 71

Simple Past, 4 past progressive, 15 past perfect, 11 simple future, 16 past future, 3

modal 1, and 7 modal 2. While, based on the construction the writer found 10

constructions, these are 26 S+(is,am,are)+V3, 5 S+(is,am,are)+being+V3, 21

S=(have,has)+been+V3, 71 S+(was,were)+V3, 4 S+(was,were)+being+V3, 15

S+had+been+V3, 11 S+(shall,will)+be+V3, 16 S+(would,should)+be+V3, 3

S+(can,must,may)+be+V3, 7 S+(could,had to,might)+be+V3. In this analysis

simple past is the dominant tense in the headline news of the Jakarta post issued in

January 2014. It can be concluded most of the news in the Jakarta post are taken

from the past event.

Finally, in the writer’s suggestion, the readers who want to add their

knowledge about grammar can use news paper. The readers can found many

tenses of sentence with different construction. For the students, to find many

variations of example of passive sentence they can use the newspaper as one of

the media especially in the Jakarta post.

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ABSTRAK

Octanto, Putra Ardy. 2014. Kalimat Passive di Headline News yang Terdapat

pada Jakarta Pos yang Terbit pada Bulan Januari 2014 . Skripsi.

Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu

Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (1) Atik Rokhayani,

S.Pd, M.Pd, (2) Nuraeningsih, S.Pd, M.Pd

Kata kunci : Kalimat passive, headline news, jakarta pos

Grammar adalah ilmu yaang mempelajari bentuk atau konsstruksi yang

mungkin digunakan dalam sebuah bahaasa. Traditional grammar adalah ilmu

grammar yang fokus memepelajari tentang konstruksi kalimat. Kalimat dapat

dibagi dalam dua jenis , yaitu kalimat aktif dan pasif . Kalimat pasif sangat

penting dalam bahasa Inggris, tapi pada faktanya, sebagian besar dari buku

grammar masih memiliki contoh yang sedikit tentang kalimat pasif.

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tenses kalimat pasif di

headline news yang terdapat pada Jakarta Post yang terbit pada bulan Januari

2014 dan konstruksi kalimat pasif di headline news yang terdapat pada Jakarta

Post yang terbit pada bulan Januari 2014.

Dalam penelitian ini penulis menggunakan penelitian kualitatif dan

menggunakan metode deskriptif untuk mengeksplorasi penelitian dalam

mengamati bahasa yang membahas tentang kalimat pasif di headline news yang

terdapat pada Jakarta Post yang terbit pada bulan Januari 2014.

Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan: 179 kalima t pasif yang terdiri dari 8

tenses dan 2 modal dalam headline news yang terdapat dalam Jakarta post yang

diterbitkan pada bulan Januari 2014, yaitu 26 simple present, 5 present

progressive, 21 present perfect, 71 Simple past, 4 past progressive, 15 past perfect,

11 simple future, 16 past futur, 3 modal dan 7 modal 2. Sementara itu,

berdasarkan konstruksi penulis menemukan 10 konstruksi, 26 S+(is,am,are)+V3,

5 S+(is,am,are)+being+V3, 21 S=(have,has)+been+V3, 71 S+(was,were)+V3, 4

S+(was,were)+being+V3, 15 S+had+been+V3, 11 S+(shall,will)+be+V3, 16

S+(would,should)+be+V3, 3 S+(can,must,may)+be+V3, 7 S+(could,had

to,might)+be+V3. Dalam analisis ini, kalimat pasif adalah kalimat yang paling

dominan di headline news yang terdapat pada Jakarta Post yang terbit pada bulan

Januari 2014. Itu dapat disimpulkan bahwa kebanyakan berita di Jakarta Post

diambil pada masa lampau.

Yang terakhir, dalam saran penulis, pembaca yang ingin menambah

pengetahuan mereka tentang grammar dapat menggunakan surat kabar. Pembaca

dapat menemukan banyak bentuk kalimat dengan konstruksi yang berbeda.

Sedangkan bagi mahasiswa, untuk menemukan banyak variasi contoh kalimat

pasif mereka dapat menggunakan koran sebagai salah satu media, terutama di

Jakarta post.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

COVER ......................................................................................................... i

LOGO ............................................................................................................ ii

TITLE ........................................................................................................... iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION .................................................................... iv

ADVISORS’ APPROVAL .......................................................................... v

EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ....................................................................... vi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................... vii

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................. ix

ABSTRAKSI ................................................................................................. x

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. xi

LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................... xiii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Research .................................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the Problems ....................................................................... 3

1.3 Objectives of the Research ........................................................................ 4

1.4 Significances of the Research ................................................................... 4

1.5 Limitation of the Research ........................................................................ 5

1.6 Operational Definition .............................................................................. 5

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Grammar ................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Syntax ........................................................................................................ 6

2.3 Sentence .................................................................................................... 7

2.3.1 Definition of Sentence ..................................................................... 7

2.3.2 Classification of Sentence ................................................................ 8

2.3.2.1 Classification of Sentence by Types .................................... 8

2.3.2.2 Classification of Sentence by Number of Full Predications 9

2.4 Passive Sentence ........................................................................................ 10

2.4.1 Definition of Passive Sentence ........................................................ 11

2.4.2 Function of Passive Sentence ........................................................... 11

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2.4.3 The Tense of Passive Sentence ........................................................ 13

2.4.4 The Construction of Passive Sentence ............................................. 13

2.5 The Jakarta Post ................................................................... ..................... 17

2.5.1 The Headlines News of the Jakarta Post ........................................ 17

2.6 Review of Previous Research .................................................................... 18

2.7 Theoritical Frameworks ............................................................................ 19

CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH

3.1 Design of the Research .............................................................................. 21

3.2 Data and Data Source ................................................................................ 21

3.3 Technique of Collecting Data ................................................................... 22

3.4 Techn ique of Analyzing Data ................................................................... 22

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING

4.1 The Tenses of Passive Sentences in the Headline News of the Jakarta Post

Issued in January 2014 .............................................................................. 26

4.2 The Constructions of Passive Sentences in the Headline News of the Jakarta

Post Issued in January 2014 ...................................................................... 67

CHAPTER V DISCUSSION

5.1 The Tenses of Passive Sentences in the Headline News of the Jakarta Post

Issued in January 2014 .............................................................................. 77

5.2 The Constructions of Passive Sentences in the Headline News of the Jakarta

Post Issued in January 2014 ...................................................................... 79

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

6.1. Conclusion .............................................................................................. 81

6.2. Suggestion ............................................................................................... 81

REFRENCES ................................................................................................ 83

APPENDICES ................................................................................................ 85

CURRICULUM VITAE………………………………………………….... 164

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LIST OF TABLES

Table Page

2.1 Table of the Tense of Passive Sentence............................ .................... 13

3.1 Table of the example of the Tenses of Passive Sentence Found in

the Jakarta Post .................................................................................... 23

3.2 Table of the example of the Constructions of Passive Sentence

Found in the Jakarta Post ..................................................................... 24

4.1 Table of the Tenses of Passive Sentence Found in the Jakarta Post ..... 27

4.2 Table of the Constructions of Passive Sentence Found in the Jakarta

Post ....................................................................................................... 68