Adverbs
Adverbs describe both verb phrases and adjectives. In English adverbs are divided into eight types, that is :
is used to provide an explanation of how. For examples:
a. Michael drove quickly.
b. Jane speak English fluently.
is used to express the time of an occurrence. For examples :
a. He's coming today.
b. I visited my grandfather yesterday.
is used to explain the place and direction of an incident. For examples :
a. Don't go near there.
b. I am in my home.
used to describe the level of frequency in doing an activity or event. For examples :
a. He always arrive on time.
b.She never sheds tears in front of other people.
used to explain a verb, an adjective, or another adverb in the sentence. For examples :
a. It was too sweet.
b. He drives slowly enough.
commonly used to introduce a sentence and followed by a comma (first, then, after that, etc). For examples :
First, I typed "sequence adverbs" into Google. Then, I clicked on a few links that weren't very good. Next, I clicked on the Small Town English link. After that, I read a helpful list and watched a cartoon about sequence adverbs. Finally, I told my friends to visit the site for all their grammar needs.
is used to start an adjective that describes a noun clause in a complex sentence. For examples :
a. She knew where it was.
b. Do you miss the moment when we went to school together?
Adjectives
Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words. They can identify or quantify another person or thing in the sentence. Adjectives are usually positioned before the noun or the pronoun that they modify. For examples :
- They live in a beautiful house.
- I'm buying a new car. It's expensive.
Degrees of Comparison
The Degrees of Comparison in English grammar are used to show how big or small, high or low, more or less, many or few, etc of the qualities, numbers and positions of the nouns (persons, things and places) in comparison to the others mentioned in the other part of sentence or expression. For examples :
- There are two cats with the same height and weight, and look the same except for the color. (This comparison is used to compare two animals to tell us that they are equal-having the same quality).
- Tom is a tall boy. Tom is taller than his sister. (In the second sentence the word "taller" is an adjective used to co,pare the "tallness" of these two persons - Tom and his sister - and to tell us that Tom has more of the quality of "tallness").
- The blue whale is the largest of all animals. The blue whale is the largest of all animals in the world. (In this sentences the world (the) "largest" is an adjective used to compare the "largeness" of the blue whale and to tell us that the blue whale has the most quality of "largeness").
References :
http://www.belajaringgris.net/kata-keterangan-adverb-1344.html
http://brainly.co.id/tugas/25275
http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/adjectives/
http://www.weblearneng.com/the-degrees-of-comparison
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