Contoh:
– The problem is easy = soal itu mudah
– Tono is happy = Tono bahagia
– He is late = Dia terlambat
Kata-kata: easy-happy-late adalah kata keadaan, sebab kata-kata tersebut menerangkan kata benda/kata ganti.
– easy menerangkan the problem
– happy menerangkan Tono
– late menerangkan he
Adverbs (kata keterangan ialah kata yang menerangkan semua jenis kata selain kata benda dan kata ganti, terutama menerangkan kata kerja.
Contoh:
– The boy walke slowly = anak laki-laki itu berjalan lambat.
– The horse runs quickly = kuda itu berlari cepat
– The man works hard = orang laki-laki itu bekerja giat
Kata-kata: slowly, quickly dan hard adalah kata keterangan (adverb). Sebab kata-kata tersebut menerangkan kata kerja.
– slowly menerangkan walks
– quickly menerangkan runs
– hard menerangkan works
Sebagai contoh coba bandingkan kalimat-kalimat di bawah ini:
- He is a clear speaker
- Mr. Hasan is a quick worker
- The careful student is studying
- The kind girl is speaking
- That is a fast train
- He speaks clearly
- He works quickly
- He is studying carefully
- She is speaking kindly
- The train runs fast