| Summary: | <p class="Abstract">In this research, we gave a grammar test to students of the second <span style="font-size: 1rem;">semester, in total 50 questions, with the type of test « Closure test » in </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">the matter of the passé composé and imparfait. Then, from the result of </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">this test, we analyze the grammatical errors made by the students. So, </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">this study entitled « Analysis of grammatical errors at past tenses by </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">the students of the department of French UPI of second semester </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">academic year 2017/2018 ». The purpose of this research is to </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">describe grammatical errors made by the student. The research </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">method used in this research is descriptive qualitative, and the </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">dataswere obtained from the analysis of test results. Based on the </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">analysis, we were able to conclude that the forms of errors are made </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">by students is the conjugation error, the usage of auxiliary error, </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">without the auxiliary, without agreement and error of the usage </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">between the passé composé and imparfait in complex sentences and in </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">a text. The main factor causing these errors is the neglect of students to answer questions and the lack of </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">understanding of students to use the passé composé and imparfait in complex sentences and text.</span></p>
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