English Grammar (Adverb and Abverb Clauses)
Kata keterangan (Adverbs) digunakan dalam kalimat untuk menerangkan kata kerja dan biasanya dibentuk dengan akhiran -ly yang ditambah pada kata sifat (e.g.: quick - quickly)
1. Bentuk
A. Adverb
Adjective Adverb
honest honestly
fluent fluently
quick quickly
easy easily
lazy lazily
hard hard
fast fast
Catatan:
• Untuk kata sifat yang berakhiran huruf y, maka huruf ini akan berubah menjadi i jika mendapat akhiran -ly.
e.g.: happy-happily, merry-merrily, easy-easily
• Ada berberapa kata keterangan yang mempunyai kesamaan bentuk dengan kata sifat. Kita dapat membedakkannya hanya jika dipakai dalam kalimat. Contohnya: late, low, hard, fast.
e.g.:
- Please throw away this hard stone (adjective).
- My brother works very hard (adverb).
- He is a fast runner (adjective).
- My youngest sister can work fast (adverb).
• Adjective/kata sifat atau kata keadaan untuk menerangkan kata benda (noun).
• Adverb/kata keterangan untuk menjelaskan kata kerja (verb).
B. Comparative dan Superlative
1. Beraturan
Positive Comparative Superlative
honestly more honestly the most honestly
fluently more fluently the most fluently
quickly more quickly the most quickly
easily more easily the most easily
lazily more lazily the most lazily
Catatan:
Semua kata keterangan yang terbentuk dengan akhiran -ly akan mendapat kata more dan the most salam bentuk comparative dan superlative, kecuali bagi kata keterangan yang mempunyai bentuk sama dengan kata sifat contohnya: soon, hard, fast, low, late.
Perhatikan Degrees of Comparatives dibawah ini.
Positive Comparative Superlative
soon sooner the soonest
hard harder the hardest
fast faster the fastest
low lower the lowest
late later the latest
2. Tak beraturan
Positive Comparative Superlative
well better the best
badly worse the worst
much/many more the most
little less the least
Contohnya:
Positive
- He speaks quickly.
- She writes well.
- Jane works fast.
- My brother dives carefully.
Comparative
- He speaks more quickly than me.
- She writes better than her brother.
- Jane works faster than her brother.
- My brother drives more carefully than me.
Superlative
- He speaks the most quickly of all.
-She writea the best of all.
- Jane works the fastest of all.
- My brother drives the most carefully of all.
• "Good" adalah adjective dan menerangkan a noun.
• " Well" biasanya sebagai adverb menerangkan verb.
• kadang "well" juga di gunakan sebagai adjective yang artinya sehat. Contoh: Now the baby is well.
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