Irmala Sukendra Ketua Penguji Isnaniah Penguji 1 Achmad Fachrurrozy Dosen Pembimbing 2 Tania Ramalia Penguji 1 Febri Rumanto Pengarang

The purpose of this study is to know the correlation between students‟ simple past tense mastery (X) and their writing skills in recount text (Y) at eleventh grade of SMK Setia Bhakti Kota Tangerang in academic year 2020/2021. There were 28 students taken as the sample of this study who were determined by using purposive sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the instruments used were students‟ writing test in recount text and test of students‟ simple past tense mastery. Subsequently, the research finding indicated that there is moderate correlation between students‟ simple past tense mastery and their writing skills in recount text. It is considered that alternative hypothesis (Ha) in this research is rejected and the null hypothesis (Ho) which stated that there is correlation between students‟ simple past tense mastery and their writing skills is accepted. In conclusion, the result of hypothesis test between students‟ simple past tense mastery and writing skills in recount text of the eleventh grade at SMK Setia Bhakti Kota Tangerang shows a positive correlation. There is moderate correlation between students‟ simple past tense mastery and their writing skills in recount text at SMK Setia Bhakti Kota Tangerang with r-coef=0,451. However, students should improve the way of study, use perfectly time, practice, and had good literature to read tense mastery and English book. In writing, students are very suggested to read a book. In order the students familiar with conversational English language support.