Abstract :
The objectives of the research were to know what are the kinds of interrogative
sentence used by the students and what are the students' problems in constructing of
interrogative sentence. The population of the research was the students of English
Education department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Metro. The sampling technique of
the research was purposive sampling technique. The research used one class of
semester IV students of English Education department of Universitas Muhammadiyah
Metro in academic year of 2019/ 2020.
Based on the data analysis, some of researchers were conducted to analyze
students' sentences in interrogative sentence and the students' problems. In this
research, the writer focuses on simple present and past tense in students' interrogative
sentence. The data showed that the students faced difficulties on determining of
interrogative-word question and auxiliary verb of the pattern in sentences. In addition,
based on the students' response, First, the students face difficulty on vocabulary. They
were not familiar with the vocabulary. So that, they confused to determine the
interrogative-word question and auxiliary verb. Second, the students could not the pattern
of the sentence. They forgot about the pattern of interrogative sentence on simple
present or simple past tense. Third, the students did not understand with the instruction
and meaning of the sentence. So that, they could not change the sentence into
interrogative sentence.