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Proposal to improve students’ competence on the use of the forms “are” and “is”– the case of Muatala Secondary School, Stream A3, grade 11.

This research was carried out to study students’ competence on the use of the forms “are” and “is” because they exhibited lack of mastery during classes. It involved ten students: five for each gender. And used both quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection. The data was collected through a test and reading of exercise books. Therefore, the study revealed that the students are not competent to use the forms “are” and “is” in circumstance involving complex language. Moreover, the errors they commit are mostly related to their interlanguage. And, above all, it revealed that the activity used to practice forms is not effective to help students to use the forms accurately. Thus, a typical activity should require them to describe, negotiate and explain concepts. Yet, meaningful communication should be the goal of English classes.