Penjelasan dan Contoh Adverbia

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Definisi Adverb

Adverb adalah kata keterangan yang digunakan untuk menerangkan kata kerja. Terkadang adverb dapat digunakan untuk menjawab pertanyaan How (bagaimana).

Penggunaan Adverb

Adverb dapat digunakan dan berfungsi sebagai berikut:

1. Untuk menerangkan kata kerja (verb)

Contoh:

Quickly menjawab pertanyaan how dan menerangkan kata kerja walks

Quietly menerangkan kata kerja opened

• Terkadang adverb terbentuk dari kata sifat yang mendapat akhiran -ly.

Contoh:

kata sifat : quick

kata keterangan : quickly

2. Untuk menerangkan kata sifat (adjective) / untuk memberi informasi lebih mengenai kata sifat.

extremely menerangkan kata sifat happy

3. Untuk menyatakan waktu atau frekuensi.

Adverb juga digunakan untuk mengekspresikan waktu

Contoh lain: today, yesterday, soon, never, usually, always, yet.

4. Adverb yang berada pada tengah kalimat (Midsentence Adverb)

Beberapa adverb terletak pada tengah kalimat. Posisi Midsentence adverb biasanya seperti berikut:

a. Terletak di depan tenses Simple Present dan Simple Past kecuali be

Contoh: Ann always comes on time.

always : adverb terletak sebelum tenses Simple Present : comes

b. Mengikuti be (Simple Present dan Simple Past)

Contoh : An is always on time.

always : adverb diletakkan setelah be  simple present : is

c. terletak diantara kata kerja bantu (auxiliary) dan kata kerja utama

Contoh: Ann has always come on time.

always : adverb terletak diantara auxiliary : has dan kata kerja utama come

d. Dalam kalimat tanya, sebuah midsentence adverb terletak setelah subjek.

Contoh: Does she always come on time?

always : adverb terletak langsung setelah subject : she

e. Contoh midsentence adverb yang umum digunakan:

Sudah paham tentang adverb dan penggunaannya? sekarang kerjakan latihan soal dibawah ini agar kamu semakin mahir menggunakan adverb.

1. Now that we have a baby, we _________ get the chance to go to the cinema.

hungrily

seldom

perfectly

often

2. I spent most of my money in the first week and __________ had very little to eat by the end of the holiday.

usually

consequently

eagerly

boldly

3. The buses run less __________ on Sundays.

seldom

defiantly

hastily

frequently

4. In my experience, people _________ smile back if you smile at them.

irritably

love

hopelessly

generally

5. Helicopters are _________ used for military rather than civil use.

very

mortally

mainly

loosely

6. This carpet would be_________ right for the dining room.

just

safely

poorly

rapid

7. The accident was caused by people driving too ________ in bad conditions.

fast

eventually

often

seriously

8. Blue whales are the largest creatures _________ to have lived.

quickly

ever

never

evenly

9. Absorbed in her work, she was _______ oblivious of her surroundings.

poorly

totally

lazily

politely

10. She only sees her niece __________, so she showers her with presents when she does.

obediently

promptly

occasionally

solemnly

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