Terkadang siswa tidak yakin kapan harus menggunakan kata adverb dan adjective. Panduan singkat ini memberikan gambaran dan aturan untuk menggunakan adjectives and adverbs.
Adjectives / kata sifat
Perubahan Kata Adjectives
- Adjectives / kata sifat ditempatkan tepat sebelum kata benda / noun:
Examples:
Tom is an excellent singer.
I bought a comfortable chair.
She's thinking about buying a new house.
- Adjectives / kata sifat juga digunakan dalam kalimat sederhana dengan kata kerja 'to be'. Dalam hal ini, kata sifat menggambarkan subjek kalimat:
Contoh
Jack is happy.
Peter was very tired.
Mary'll be excited when you tell her.
- Adjectives / kata sifat digunakan dengan sense verbs atau verbs atau penampilan (feel, taste, smell, sound, appear and seem) untuk memodifikasi kata benda yang datang sebelum kata kerja:
Contoh
The fish tasted awful.
Did you see Peter? He seemed very upset.
I'm afraid the meat smelled rotten.
Adverbs / Kata keterangan
Adverbs Modify Verbs, Adjectives and Other Adverbs
- Adverbs mudah dikenali karena berakhir dengan '-ly' dengan beberapa pengecualian!):
Contoh:
Adjective -> careful / Adverb -> carefully
Adjective -> quick / Adverb -> quickly
- Adverbs sering digunakan di akhir kalimat untuk memodifikasi kata kerja / verb:
Contoh
Jack drove carelessly.
Tom played the match effortlessly.
Jason complained about his classes constantly.
- Adverbs digunakan untuk memodifikasi adjectives:
Contoh
They seemed extremely satisfied.
She paid increasingly high prices.
I was suddenly surprised by Alice.
- Adverbs digunakan untuk memodifikasi kata keterangan lain:
Contoh
The people in the line moved incredibly quickly.
She wrote the report unusually neatly.
(esl.about.com)
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