Adjective vs Adverb: Apa Perbedaan, Fungsi, dan Cara Menggunakannya?

Hardly

hardly = hampir tidak

He hardly works.
= Dia hampir tidak bekerja.

Artinya sangat berbeda.

P. PERBEDAAN LATE DAN LATELY

Late

late = terlambat

He arrived late.
= Dia tiba terlambat.

Lately

lately = akhir-akhir ini

I have been busy lately.
= Saya akhir-akhir ini sibuk.

Q. PERBEDAAN GOOD DAN WELL

Ini merupakan salah satu kesalahan yang paling sering terjadi.

Good = adjective

She is a good singer.
= Dia adalah penyanyi yang baik.

Well = adverb

She sings well.
= Dia bernyanyi dengan baik.

Jadi:

good → adjective
well → adverb

Namun well juga dapat menjadi adjective dalam konteks tertentu, terutama ketika berarti sehat.

I am well.
= Saya sehat/baik-baik saja.

R. POSISI ADVERB DALAM KALIMAT

Posisi adverb bergantung pada jenisnya.

1. Adverb of manner

Biasanya setelah verb atau object.

She speaks English fluently.
= Dia berbicara bahasa Inggris dengan lancar.

2. Adverb of frequency

Biasanya sebelum main verb.

I always study at night.

Tetapi setelah to be.

She is always happy.

Perhatikan:

I always study.
She is always happy.

3. Adverb of time

Sering berada di akhir kalimat.

We went to school yesterday.

= Kami pergi ke sekolah kemarin.

4. Adverb of place

Biasanya setelah verb/object.

The children are playing outside.

S. POLA ADJECTIVE

Pola 1

Subject + To Be + Adjective

Contoh:

She is beautiful.

Pola 2

Adjective + Noun

Contoh:

a beautiful girl

Pola 3

Subject + Linking Verb + Adjective

Contoh:

The food tastes delicious.

T. POLA ADVERB

Pola 1

Subject + Verb + Adverb

He runs quickly.

Pola 2

Subject + Verb + Object + Adverb

She speaks English fluently.

Pola 3

Subject + Adverb + Verb

He always studies English.

U. MEMBEDAKAN ADJECTIVE DAN ADVERB DENGAN PERTANYAAN

Cara mudah:

Jika menjelaskan “orang/benda”

→ ADJECTIVE

She is a beautiful girl.

Beautiful menjelaskan girl.

Jika menjelaskan “cara melakukan sesuatu”

→ ADVERB

She sings beautifully.

Beautifully menjelaskan sings.

V. CONTOH PERBANDINGAN

Kalimat	Kata	Jenis	Menjelaskan
She is beautiful.	beautiful	Adjective	She
She sings beautifully.	beautifully	Adverb	sings
He is a careful driver.	careful	Adjective	driver
He drives carefully.	carefully	Adverb	drives
They are happy.	happy	Adjective	They
They work happily.	happily	Adverb	work
He is a slow runner.	slow	Adjective	runner
He runs slowly.	slowly	Adverb	runs

W. KESALAHAN UMUM

1.

❌ She sings beautiful.

✅ She sings beautifully.

Karena beautifully menjelaskan cara dia bernyanyi.

2.

❌ He is carefully.

✅ He is careful.

Karena setelah is/to be digunakan adjective.

3.

❌ He runs fastly.

✅ He runs fast.

Fast dapat berfungsi sebagai adjective maupun adverb.

4.

❌ She speaks English good.

✅ She speaks English well.

Karena well menjelaskan cara berbicara.

5.

❌ He works hardly.

Jika maksudnya “Dia bekerja keras”:

✅ He works hard.

X. ADJECTIVE DAN ADVERB YANG BENTUKNYA SAMA

Beberapa kata mempunyai bentuk yang sama sebagai adjective dan adverb.

Contoh:

Word	Adjective	Adverb
fast	a fast car	drive fast
hard	a hard worker	work hard
early	an early train	arrive early
late	a late student	arrive late
straight	a straight line	go straight

Contoh:

He is a fast runner.
= Dia pelari yang cepat.

He runs fast.
= Dia berlari cepat.

Y. RINGKASAN

ADJECTIVE

Adjective = menjelaskan noun/pronoun.

Contoh:

• beautiful
• tall
• smart
• big
• difficult
• interesting

Pola utama:

Adjective + Noun

a beautiful house

Subject + To Be + Adjective

The house is beautiful.

ADVERB

Adverb = menjelaskan verb, adjective, adverb lain, atau kalimat.

Contoh:

• quickly
• slowly
• carefully
• beautifully
• always
• yesterday
• here
• very

Pola:

Subject + Verb + Adverb

She sings beautifully.

Z. LATIHAN

Pilih jawaban yang benar!

1. She is a ______ girl.
A. beautifully
B. beautiful
C. beauty
D. beautifully

2. She sings ______.
A. beautiful
B. beauty
C. beautifully
D. beautify

3. He is a ______ driver.
A. careful
B. carefully
C. care
D. carefully

4. He drives ______.
A. careful
B. carefully
C. care
D. carefulness

5. The students work ______.
A. hard
B. hardly
C. hardily
D. harderly

6. She is very ______.
A. happily
B. happy
C. happiness
D. happily

7. They speak English ______.
A. good
B. well
C. best
D. better

8. He runs very ______.
A. fast
B. fastly
C. fasterly
D. fastness

9. The soup tastes ______.
A. deliciously
B. delicious
C. deliciousness
D. deliciouser

10. She answered the question ______.
A. correct
B. correctly
C. correctness
D. correcting

AA. KUNCI JAWABAN

No.	Jawaban
1	B. beautiful
2	C. beautifully
3	A. careful
4	B. carefully
5	A. hard
6	B. happy
7	B. well
8	A. fast
9	B. delicious
10	B. correctly

AB. PEMBAHASAN

1. She is a beautiful girl.

Beautiful menjelaskan noun girl, sehingga menggunakan adjective.

2. She sings beautifully.

Beautifully menjelaskan verb sings, sehingga menggunakan adverb.

3. He is a careful driver.

Careful menjelaskan noun driver, sehingga merupakan adjective.

4. He drives carefully.

Carefully menjelaskan bagaimana dia drives, sehingga merupakan adverb.

5. The students work hard.

Hard merupakan adverb yang berarti dengan keras/giat.

Hardly memiliki arti berbeda, yaitu hampir tidak.

6. She is very happy.

Setelah to be (is) digunakan adjective.

very = adverb
happy = adjective

7. They speak English well.

Well merupakan adverb yang menjelaskan bagaimana mereka berbicara.

Good adalah adjective.

8. He runs very fast.

Fast dapat digunakan sebagai adverb tanpa tambahan -ly.

❌ fastly
✅ fast

9. The soup tastes delicious.

Tastes di sini berfungsi sebagai linking verb. Karena itu digunakan adjective.

❌ tastes deliciously
✅ tastes delicious

10. She answered the question correctly.

Correctly menjelaskan bagaimana dia menjawab pertanyaan, sehingga menggunakan adverb.

correct → correctly.

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