Abstract: This research is aimed to find out and analyze the students’ difficulties in writing recount text at the first-year students of SMK Muhammadiyah 3 Terpadu Pekanbaru. The population of this research were the first-year students of SMK Muhammadiyah 3 Terpadu Pekanbaru. The sample of this research was X ADP class, consist of 30 students who have been selected using cluster random s…