Umumnya adverbs merupakan adjectives yang berakhiran/prefix –ly. Namun perlu diingat
bahwa beberapa adjectives juga berakhiran –ly. Perbedaan antara adjectives
dengan adverbs yang berakhiran –ly adalah dengan melihat fungsinya
dalam kalimat. Adjectives hanya menjelaskan nouns dan pronouns, sedangkan adverbs
menjelaskan selain nouns dan pronouns.
Perhatikan kalimat
berikut:
- I opened the door slowly.
- I understand you perfectly.
- A comely appearance is always admired.
- The early bird catches the worm.
- The trainer was a surly one, all right.
(Kata slowly dan perfectly merupakan adverbs
karena menjelaskan kata opened dan understand sebagai verbs. Kata comely dan early merupakan adjectives karena menjelaskan appearances
dan bird sebagai nouns. Pada kalimat terakhir, surely merupakan adjective
karena menjelaskan one sebagai
pronoun.)
Exercice:
Identify the italics
words that end with prefix –ly
whether they are adjective or adverb. Do as examples:
- A friendly gesture is always welcome. adjective___
- He regarded the world hostilely. adverb_____
- The manager closed his
first year successfully. ____________________ - The went along unwillingly to school. ____________________
- He was slightly upset by the incident. ____________________
- Most mothers look lovingly at their new infants. ____________________
- He looked about him calmly and proclaimed his innocence. ____________________
- He added parenthetically that he was pleased with
the overall outcome. ____________________ - Homely vitues are disappearing from city life. ____________________
- The decline in quality
was considerably greater than we
would have liked. ____________________ - One could question
whether the statement was favorably
received. ____________________ - My sister inferred correctly that she was no longer wanted.
____________________
Source:
Zulfahmi M, 2020, English Grammar: Materi dan Latihan untuk Bahasa Inggris Umum, CV Kekata Group: Surakarta
Last Modified: 27/11/2024
