Abstract :
This research aimed at knowing students’ ability in changing active to
passive voice at the second semester of Hamzanwadi University in the
academic year 2019-2020. The participants were 32 students. This research is
categorized descriptive quantitative. The data were collected using
questionnaire by means of WhatsApp group. Based on the result of calculation
using IBM SPSS Statistic 20, 5 students met the criteria of very good level, 8
students were in good level, 7 students were in good enough and 12 students
were in poor level. Based on means score was 54.31, it means that the students’
ability in changing active to passive voice was low. With this research, it is
hoped that it can be a reference and benchmark for both of students and
teachers in evaluating how far students’ ability in changing active to passive
voice.
Keywords: students’ ability, active – passive voice