Abstract :
The objectives of the study were: 1) to find out the types of errors on the use of
preposition in narrative composition made by the eleventh grade students of
SMAN 1 Babat Toman MUBA, 2) to find out the most frequent type of errors on
the use of preposition in narrative composition made by the eleventh grade
students of SMAN 1 Babat Toman MUBA. Thirty eight students were asking to
write narrative composition in English based on the topics provided in forty five
minutes. This study was a descriptive qualitative research which was describing
the reality behind phenomenon deeply and descriptively. This study analyzed the
students? narrative composition based on classification of preposition error by Jha
(1991). Meanwhile, the frequencies of errors were calculated in percentage. This
study revealed: 1) the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Babat Toman MUBA
as the participants contributed three types of errors on the use of preposition in
their narrative composition, those were (1) omission (23,47%), (2) insertion
(26,08%), and (3) selection (50,43%), 2) the most frequent type of errors on the
use of preposition contributed by the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Babat
Toman MUBA on their narrative composition was selection with the occurrence
58 errors (50,43%).