Adverbs of Degree - enough/too/very

Adverbs of Degree (kata keterangan tingkat) menunjukkan seberapa banyak atau sejauh mana sesuatu terjadi. Contoh:

• Mike is a very good student.
• I’m quite excited about my interview tomorrow.

Ada banyak jenis kata keterangan tingkat. Beberapa yang paling umum diantaranya:

almost, completely, enough, extremely, hardly, just, nearly, pretty, quite, too, scarcely, so, such, very.

Kata keterangan tingkat (adverb of degree) biasanya ditempatkan sebelum kata sifat (adjective), kata keterangan (adverb), atau kata benda yang akan ditunjukkan tingkatnya. Contoh:

• That test was extremely difficult.
• You did pretty well in that test.
• I almost got an ‘A’ in our test.

Enough

Enough berarti jumlah atau tingkat yang memuaskan. Contoh:

• I’m so busy, I haven’t got enough time.
• Do you have enough potatoes?

Enough ditempatkan setelah adjective dan adverb:

• This jacket isn’t big enough for me.
• She speaks English well enough to go to an American university.

Enough biasanya ditempatkan sebelum kata benda:

• We have enough money to buy our own apartment.

Kita sering menggunakan enough…for, khususnya untuk orang dan hal. Contoh:

• This job isn’t good enough for her.
• We have enough time for a quick lunch.

Enough…to infinitif juga merupakan struktur yang umum. Contoh:

• She’s old enough to drive a car.
• We have enough time to eat some lunch.

Too

Too berarti lebih dari cukup, jumlah atau tingkat yang berlebihan. Contoh:

• This room is too hot.
• He eats too quickly.

Too juga digunakan bersama for: Contoh:

• This book is too simple for me
• Our apartment is too small for us.

Too…to infinitif juga merupakan struktur yang umum. Contoh:

• This book is too easy to study.
• Our apartment is too small to live in.

Too dan very

Very berarti sesuatu dilakukan sampai tingkat yang tinggi, biasanya faktual. Contoh:

• He finishes his work very quickly.

Too berarti sesuatu dilakukan sampai tingkat yang berlebihan, sering dijadikan sebagai kritik.

• He finishes his work too quickly.

Very merupakan sebuah kata yang umum, jadi jika anda ingin menggunakan kata-kata yang berbeda untuk meningkatkan kosa-kata anda kata-kata berikut dapat digunakan menggantikan very.

absolutely, acutely, amply, astonishingly, awfully, certainly, considerably, cruel, dearly, decidedly, deeply, eminently, emphatically, exaggeratedly, exceedingly, excessively, extensively, extraordinarily, extremely, greatly, highly, incredibly, indispensably, largely, notably, noticeably, particularly, positively, powerfully, pressingly, pretty, prodigiously, profoundly, really, remarkably, substantially, superlatively, surpassingly, surprisingly, terribly, truly, uncommonly, unusually, vastly, wonderfully.
(Quoted from Roget’s New Millennium¢â Thesaurus, First Edition)

Reference: http://www.1-language.com/englishcoursen…

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