Evaluative Adverb: Pengertian dan Contoh Kalimat Bahasa Inggris

Pengertian Evaluative Adverb

Evaluative adverb adalah adverb (kata keterangan) yang menambahkan informasi berupa sikap speaker atau writer terhadap suatu kejadian.

Adverb ini biasanya berada di luar clause, tepatnya di depan kalimat, untuk menerangkan kalimat secara keseluruhan. Selain di depan kalimat, kata yang dikenal pula dengan sebutan evaluation adverb dapat menempati posisi setelah subject dimana sering diapit koma.

Lihat juga:

• Viewpoint Adverb
• Flat Adverb
• -ly Adverb
• Sentence Adverb
• Adverb of Purpose

Contoh Evaluative Adverb

• disappointingly
• happily
• luckily
• predictably
• regrettably
• sadly
• shamefully
• surprisingly
• thankfully
• understandably
• unfortunately
• unpredictably

Contoh Kalimat Evaluative Adverb dan Artinya

1. Luckily, I chose the perfect running route.
   I chose the perfect running route, luckily.
   (Beruntung saya rute lari yang sempurna.) = It was lucky that I chose the perfect running route.
2. Surprisingly, he got the job.
   (Dengan mengejutkan dia mendapatkan pekerjaan tersebut.)
3. Unfortunately, I don’t have any money to buy clothes.
   (Sayangnya saya tidak mempunyai uang untuk membeli baju.)
4. This shirt, unfortunately, couldn’t be returned.
   (Kemeja ini sayangnya tidak dapat dikembalikan.)

Lihat juga:

• Adverb of Manner
• Focusing Adverb
• Adverb of Degree
• Adverb of Time
• Common Adverbs

References:

1. Adverbs: Types. dictionary.cambridge.org. Accessed on February 16, 2016.
2. Haumann, Dagmar. (2007). Adverb Licensing and Clause Structure in English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing.
3. Evaluation Adverbs. grammar-quizzes.com. Accessed on February 16, 2016.
4. Surprisingly. dictionary.cambridge.org. Accessed on February 16, 2016.
5. Unfortunately. dictionary.cambridge.org. Accessed on February 16, 2016.
6. Unfortunately. learnersdictionary.com. Accessed on February 16, 2016.
7. Luckily. learnersdictionary.com. Accessed on February 16, 2016.