Penjelasan Adverb of Time & Contohnya

Penjelasan Adverb of Time & Contohnya – Adverbs of time memberikan penjelasan atau informasi tentang ‘waktu’ ketika suatu peristiwa terjadi, selain juga menjelaskan keterangan seberapa lama dan sering suatu aksi atau peristiwa terjadi.

1. Keterangan waktu yang menjawab pertanyaan ‘kapan’

Adverbs of time jenis ini biasanya diletakkan di akhir kalimat.

Contoh:

• Renata visited her grandmother’s house yesterday.
• They will show us their best performances tomorrow.
• She didn’t notice me when I walked on by this morning.
• Let’s see the probability of the success later.
• We need to go now. We have to finish our businesses today.
• I saw him last year when I attended the inauguration party at campus.

Posisi adverb of time di akhir kalimat adalah hal yang umum dan netral. Namun, meletakkan adverb of time pada posisi tertentu dapat memberikan penekanan yang berbeda. Selain diletakkan di akhir kalimat, ia juga bisa diletakkan di awal ataupun di tengah kalimat. Pada model penulisan resmi atau formal, adverb of time diletakkan diantara subjek dan kata kerja utama (main verb).

Contoh:

• Later, my mother called me to have dinner together. (keterangan waktu diletakkan di awal karena dianggap penting dan membutuhkan penekanan)
• My mother later called me to have dinner together. (keterangan waktu diletakkan di antara subjek dan kata kerja utama menandakan formal yang lebih formal atau resmi, contohnya seperti catatan atau laporan kepolisian.)
• My mother called me to have dinner together later. (Ditulis di akhir kalimat karena dianggap netral dan tidak ada penekanan informasi tertentu.)

2. Kata keterangan waktu yang menjelaskan durasi/lama waktu.

Adverb of time jenis ini menjelaskan informasi tentang lama waktu atau durasi terjadi nya suatu aksi atau peristiwa, yang pada umumnya diletakkan di akhir kalimat.

Contoh:

• The baby has been crying because of fever for two days.
• Gigi lived in Australia for three years.
• Talitha has been waiting for her sister at school since two hours ago.

Kebanyakan adverb of time yang menunjukkan frekuensi diletakkan di awal atau di akhir kalimat. Ketika mereka di posisikan pada letak alternative nya, maka kata keterangan waktu tersebut memiliki makna yang lebih kuat.

Kata keterangan frekuensi yang diletakkan dalam dua posisi berbeda	Makna yang kuat	Makna yang lemah
Usually	I take a bath twice a day usually.	I usually take a bath twice a day
Generally	Generally, I am confused with your argument.	I generally am confused with your argument .
Occasionally	I met my ex-boyfriend when i watched at the cinema occasionally.	I ocassionally met my ex-boyfriend when i watched at the cinema.
Frequently	She calls her family frequently.	She frequently calls her family
Normally	They visit the National Museum normally.	They normally they visit the National Museum.
Regularly	I have lunch at the cafeteria regularly.	I regularly have lunch at the cafeteria.
Often	Often, we study together.	We often study together.
Sometimes	Keni came late to school sometimes.	Keni sometimes came late to school.

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