Sentence Structure in the Essays of Grade IV Students in Elementary Schools In Padang

This research focuses on sentence structure in the essays of fourth grade students in the city of Padang based on basic sentence patterns of standard Indonesian grammar. This research is a qualitative descriptive. The process of data collection was done by providing a stimulus to the students with the help of model teacher and then students write essays based on drawings provided and in accordance with the theme of learning. The wide variety of sentence structures had been identified based on the basic sentence patterns of Indonesian language. This is a variation of the six basic sentence patterns: (1) S-P, S-P-P, P variation, S-P patterned; (2) S-P-O , P-O, S-P-P-O, S-P-O-P-O, P-S-P-O variation; S-P-O patterned (3) S-P-Pel, P-Pel variation, S-P-Pel patterned; (4) S-P-K, K-S-P, P-K-S-P, K-S-P-K, P-K variation; S-P-K patterned.; (5) S-P-O-Pel, S-P-O-P-O-Pel, P-O-Pel, S-P-O-P-Pel variation, S-P-O-Pel patterned; (6) S-P-O-K, K-S-PO, K-S-P-O-K, K-P-O, S-P-K-P-O, S-K-P-O-K, K-S-P-O-P-O. In addition, there are several variations of the sentence structure that potentially bring about another basic sentence structure: (1) K-P-Pel, K-S-P-Pel, S-P-Pel-K, K-Pel,K, SP-K-Pel, S-K-Pel, potentially have pattern S-P-Pel-K; (2) S-P-O-Pel-K, K-S-P-O-Pel-K, K-P-O-Pel-K, K-S-P-O-Pel, K-S-P-O-S-P-O-Pel potentially have a pattern S-P-O-Pel-K.