Adverbs

Now, let’s talk about adverbs. Adverbs in Indonesia is Kata Keterangan. There are some kinds of adverbs.

1. Adverb of Manner: Fast, Happily, Quickly, Well

2. Adverb of Place: Here, There, Near, Down

3. Adverb of Time: Now, Soon, Still, Today

4. Adverb of Frequency: Always, Usually, Often, Every day

5. Adverb of Degree: Very, Enough, Rather, Too

6. Adverb of Sentence: Certainly, Definitely, Surely, Obviously

The use of Adverbs:

1. Adverb of Manner

Adverb of Manner is used to show manner or the way someone does the activity or something happens.

Here we’ll give you some examples in sentences to make them clear.

- He walks quickly

- The train runs fast

- She receives that present happily

- They do their job well

To make adverb of manner is by adding ly to the adjective, but some Adverbs of Manner have the same forms like Adjectives, for example: Fast, Hard, Well.

2. Adverb of Place

Adverb of Place is used to show the place, position, or location.

- My family and I have holiday in Japan

- They live near here

3. Adverb of Time

Adverb of Time is used to show the time. Can be in day, time, date, month, year

- He comes today

- They leave soon

4. Adverb of Frequency

Adverb of Frequency is used to show how many times the activity done. There are two parts of Adverbs of Frequency.

Part 1.

- Always, Usually, Often, Sometimes, Never

Note: We put these Adverbs of Frequency after the subject if the sentence is positive and interrogative. But if the sentence is in Nominal form, we put them after tobe. And for negative form we put after not, For instance:

- We usually do our job together soon.

- We are usually on time to come to work.

- We do not usually do our job together soon.

- We are not usually on time to come to work.

- Do they usually come late to work?

- Are they usually on time to come to work?

Part 2.

- Every day, Every time, Every week, Once a day, Twice a day, Three times a day

Note: We put these adverbs of frequency in the end of the sentence. For instance:

- We have breakfast every morning.

- We are in our English class twice a week.

- We do not have breakfast every morning.

- Do they have breakfast every morning?

5. Adverb of Degree

Adverb of Degree is used to show the degree. For instance:

- The shoes are too expensive

- The water is very hot

6. Adverb of Sentence

Adverb of Sentence modifies the whole sentence/clause and normally express the speaker’s opinion.

- He is obviously intelligent

- They certainly work hard

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