Abstract:
The objectives of this study were; (1) To find out the students difficulties in using
simple past tense., and (2) To find the reason why student faced difficulties in
using simple past tense, . The qualitative research was used in this study. The data
were collected by mean of test that is multiple choice test, and interview the
studentThe data were collected by mean of test that is multiple choice test, and
interview the studentd at eighth grade students of MTS AMAL SHALEH
MEDAN with the first semester in Academic years 2021/2022, .The first result
showed that the difficulty of students in using the simple past tense based on the
results of data analysis, the total Average of the Students difficulty index is 0.40
it was in medium level. the forty questions given by the researcher there are three
questions with the most incorrect answers, namely question number 8.9, and 15 of
them are question number eight out of 28 students only one student is correct in
question number eight. , then in question number nine only three people answered
correctly, and in question number 15 there were only five people who got it right..
The Second result showed the reason why student faced difficulties in using
simple past tense werelack of students' motivation and interest in English, the
many tenses formulas they have to memorize and understand which make
students bored and unfocused and often forget to answer. questions or quizzes
given by the teacher. and the ignorance of students in studying the simple past
tense more deeply and the differences in the present tense formula that make
students often fail to focus on using the first verb in simple past tense sentences
