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COMPARATIVE dan SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS
Kata keterangan(adverbs) yang diakhiri dengan -ly, menggunakan kata more untuk kalimat komparatif dan kata most untuk kalimat superlatif.
| Adverb | Comparative | Superlative |
| quietly | more quietly | most quietly |
| slowly | more slowly | most slowly |
| seriously | more seriously | most seriously |
CONTOH
- Mr. albert spoke more slowly to help his daughter to understand.
- Could you scream more quietly please?
Untuk kata keterangan singkat yang tidak diakhiri dengan -ly, bentuk kalimat komparatif dan superlatifnya sama seperti bentuk kata sifatnya dan tambahkan akhiran -er untuk kalimat perbandingan dan akhiran -est untuk kalimat superlatif. Jika kata keterangan memiliki akhiran -e, hapus terlebih dahulu akhiran -e baru kemudian tambahkan akhirannya.
| Adverb | Comparative | Superlative |
| hard | harder | hardest |
| fast | faster | fastest |
| late | later | latest |
CONTOH
- Jerry works harder than his father.
- Everycar in the race ran fast, but Honda racing team’s car ran the fastest of all.
Beberapa kata keterangan memiliki bentuk kata dalam kalimat komparatif nyang tidak beraturan.
| Adverb | Comparative | Superlative |
| badly | worse | worst |
| far | farther/further | farthest/furthest |
| little | less | least |
| well | better | best |
CONTOH
- Abdul ran farther than his brother.
- You’re writing worse today than last week!
- He sing the best of any singer.
RELATIVE ADVERBS
Kata keterangan relative(relative adverbs) where, when & why dapat digunakan untuk menggabungkan sejumlah kalimat atau klausa. Mereka menggantikan struktur preposition + which yang lebih formal yang digunakan untuk memperkenalkan relative clause.
| Formal structure, preposition + which | More common structure using a relative adverb |
| That’s the hotel in which they met for the first time. | That’s the hotel where they met for the first time. |
| That flower was taken in the hill at which I used to play. | That flower was taken in the hill where I used to play. |
| I remember the moment on which they first met. | I remember the moment when they first met. |
| There was a very cold winter the year in which he was dead. | There was a very cold swinter the year when he was dead. |
| Tell the teacher the reason for which you came late. | Tell the teacher (the reason) why you came late. |
| Do you know the reason for which Marco is angry with Pandaman? | Do you know (the reason) why Marco is angry with Pandaman? |
Istirahat sebentar Rekan SBI. Kemudian kita akan lanjutkan ke pembahasan selanjutnya tentang jenis-jenis Adverbs. Adverbs of Place, selamat membaca.
