Adverbs of degree

Adverbs of degree. Melanjutkan pembelajaran tentang Adverbs yang menyerupai preposition, ada lagi sejenis adverb yang menyatakan derajat lebih atau kurang. Keterangan jenis ini dinamakan adverb of degree (keterangan derajat).

Adverbs of de gree misalnya:
Very = amat, sangat, rather = agak, quite = amat, almost = hampir
Sebagai contoh
1. Tono came to school very early yesterday.
(Tono tiba di sekolah sangat awal kemarin)

2. He did the work very well.
(Ia mengerjakan pekerjaan itu sangat baik)

3. They worked rather lazily.
(Mereka bekerja agak malas)

4. The old man is walking rather slowly.
(Lelaki tua itu berjalan agak lambat)

5. My father works quite hard everyday.
(Ayah saya bekerja giat sekali tiap hari)

6. The bird is flying quite high.
(Burung itu terbang tinggi sekali)

7. He arrived almost late.
(Dia datang hampir terlambat.