Journal of English Language and Education
Vol 11, No 3 (2026)

Inflectional Morphemes in Eighth Grade Students’ English Recount Writing at SMP Negeri 1 Pematangsiantar

Esra Delima Hutabarat (Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar)
Bobby Pramjit Singh Dhillon (Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar)
Christian Neni Purba (Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the types ’f inflectional morphemes used by e”ghth-grade students in writing recount texts and determine the most dominant type. A descriptive quantitative design was applied to 30 students from one eighth grade class. Data were collected through writing tests and documentation, then analyzed by identifying, classifying, and calculating the frequency of inflectional morphemes based on Yule (2020). The results show that there are seven types of inflectional morphemes used by the students: plural (-s/-es), possessive (-’s), progressive (-ing), past tense (-ed), past participle (-en/-ed), comparative (-er), and superlative (-est). The percentage of each type is as follows: plural 116 occurrences (30.4%), possessive 11 occurrences (2.93%), progressive 58 occurrences (16%), past tense 160 occurrences (45.07%), past participle 26 occurrences (4.8%), comparative 1 occurrence (0.27%), and superlative 3 occurrences (0.53%). Among these types, the past tense is the most dominant inflectional morpheme used in students’ recount writing. The findings indicate that students are generally able to express past events through their writing.

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Journal Info

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jele

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Journal of English Language and Education (pISSN: 2597-6850 and eISSN: 2502-4132) is a journal that focuses on researching or documenting issues in education, language education, applied linguistics, English education, English language teaching, English Literature, language assessment and ...