Penjelasan Pembentukan Adverb dari Adjective dan Contohnya – Adverb yang terbentuk dari adjective (kata sifat) pada umumnya adalah adverb of manner, salah satu jenis adverb yang menerangkan tentang cara melakukan kegiatan atau menjelaskan kata kerja (verb) dan juga menjelaskan adjective. Cara pembentukkannya sangat sederhana, yaitu dengan memberikan akhiran-ly pada adjective (kata sifat), seperti berikut ini:
Adjective + ly = Adverb
Quick + ly = quickly (memiliki arti “dengan cepat”)
Namun, terdapat pula adevrb yang pembentukannya tidak sekedar memberikan akhiran –ly, seperti mengganti salah satu huruf pada adjective sebelum dibubuhkan akhiran –ly. Berikut ini adalah cara membentuk adverb dari adjective dan contoh kalimatnya:
1. Adjective + ly
| No. | Adjective > Adverb | Contoh Kalimat |
| 1. | Anxious + ly = anxiously | We waited for the result anxiously. |
| 2. | Awkward+ ly = awkwardly | He walked awkwardly when he saw his ex-girlfriend. |
| 3. | Bad + ly = badly | They treat the dog badly. |
| 4. | Beautiful + ly = beautifully | Sania does ice-skating beautifully. |
| 5. | Calm + ly = calmly | My nephew sat calmly on the sofa after her mother got angry. |
| 6. | Careful + ly = carefully | Jojo drives carefully everyday. |
| 7. | Clear + ly = clearly | We could not see the board clearly because many people stood in front of it. |
| 8. | Close + ly = closely | Dena and Dini are closely related to the hot issue in the office. |
| 9. | Correct + ly = correctly | Lulu answered the questions correctly. |
| 10. | Kind + ly = kindly | The teacher kindly informed us about the scholarship. |
| 11. | Loud + ly = loudly | The children screamed loudly. |
| 12. | Perfect + ly = perfectly | They are perfectly matched. |
| 13. | Polite + ly = politely | My students speak politely. |
| 14. | Silent + ly = silently | The thief walked silently. |
| 15. | Stupid + ly = stupidly | Her friends stupidly told her secret in front of many people. |
2. Adjective yang memiliki huruf akhir ‘y’ perlu diganti dengan huruf ‘i’ kemudian baru ditambahkan ‘-ly’.
| No. | Adjective > Adverb | Contoh Kalimat |
| 1. | Angry → Angri + ly = angrily | Vina told the story angrily. |
| 2. | Easy → easi + ly = easily | We can enrol to the university easily because our grades are good. |
| 3. | Happy → happi + ly = happily | The prince and princess live happily ever after. |
| 4. | Healthy → healthi + ly = healthily | The newlywed couple eat healthily. |
| 5. | Noisy → noisi + ly = noisily | The machine works noisily. |
| 6. | Lazy → lazi + ly = lazily | Bruto often lays lazily on the bed. |
| 7. | Ready → readi + ly = readily | The size of skirt that I am going to buy is readily available. |
| 8. | Lucky → lucki + ly =luckily | I luckily have you as my partner in this project. |
3. Apabila adjective memiliki huruf akhir ‘-le’, maka cukup dengan menggantia huruf‘e’ dengan ‘y’.
| No. | Adjective > Adverb | Contoh Kalimat |
| 1. | Possible → possibly | The research will possibly take place in my hometown. |
| 2. | Horrible → horribly | Nany’s face was horribly scared. |
| 3. | Understandable → understandably | They explanation to the police is understandably accepted. |
| 4. | Incredible → incredibly | The man who lives next to my door is incredibly rich. |
| 5. | Comfortable → comfortably | Wakdoyok sat comfortably on the chair. |
4. adjective memiliki huruf akhir ‘-ic’, maka tambahkan ‘-ally’.
| No. | Adjective > Adverb | Contoh Kalimat |
| 1. | Basic + ally = basically | They basically do not understand the main problem. |
| 2. | Tragic + ally = tragically | The woman who used to cry in front of my campus died tragically. |
| 3. | Dramatic + ally = dramatically | Their relationship ends dramatically. |
| 4. | Economic + ally = economically | Some people try to live as hedonists but in fact they are economically unstable. |
| 5. | Fantastic + ally = fantastically | The concert ran fantastically last night. |
Kecuali: public, karena ia berubah menjadi publicly.
5. Selain itu, terdapat juga adjective yang bentuknya tidak berubah ketika berfungsi sebagai adverb dan yang bentuknya bertransformasi menjadi bentuk yang sangat berbeda seperti yang ada di dalam tabel di bawah ini.
| No. | Adjective > Adverb | Contoh Kalimat |
| 1. | Fast → fast | The tigers run fast. |
| 2. | Straight → straight | The co-workers talk straight forward. |
| 3. | Hard → hard | We study hard but we also play hard. |
| 4. | High → high | I saw a butterfly flew high in the garden yesterday. |
| 5. | Late → late | Tije felt sorry because he came late to the meeting. |
| 6. | Good → well | The exhibition is well organized by the committee. |
