Adverb of frequency (kata keterangan frekuensi)

Adverb of frequency menunjukkan seberapa sering sesuatu terjadi. Contoh: “I always brush my teeth” berarti saya menyikat gigi saya setiap hari.
Berikut beberapa kata keterangan frekuensi yang umum dipakai.

Keterangan Always (selalu) - He always eats breakfast. Usually (biasanya) - He usually eats breakfast. Often (sering) - He often eats breakfast. Sometimes (kadang-kadang) - He sometimes eats breakfast. Never (tidak pernah) - He never eats breakfast. Untuk aktivitas yang tidak sering kita dapat menggunakan: Don’t usually (tidak biasanya) - He doesn’t usually eat breakfast.

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Kata keterangan frekuensi afirmatif/negatif
Kata keterangan frekuensi afirmatif bisa dibuat menjadi negatif, contoh:
- I don’t always eat rice for breakfast.
- He doesn’t usually come home late.
Kata keterangan frekuensi negatif tidak bisa dibuat menjadi negatif, contoh:
- I don’t never eat rice for breakfast - Ini tidak tepat
Posisi kata keterangan frekuensi
Posisi kata keterangan dalam bahasa Inggris cukup bervariasi. Akan tetapi sebagai aturan umum kata keterangan frekuensi diletakkan sebelum kata kerja utama. Contoh:
Kalimatkalimat berikut sudah benar: “sometimes” ditempatkan sebelum kata kerja utama “play”

• We sometimes play sports.
• We don’t often play sports.

Kalimat-kalimat berikut tidak tepat:

• We play sometimes sports.
• We don’t play often sports.

Kata keterangan frekuensi juga bisa ditempatkan di posisi lain, contoh:

• We play sports sometimes.

Pada kalimat diatas kata keterangan frekuensi terletak di akhir kalimat.

• Sometimes we come home late.

Peletakan di awal kalimat juga dibenarkan, khususnya ketika kita ingin menambahkan penekanan pada apa yang diucapkan.
Contoh penggunaan dalam percakapan
1) What do you do at the weekend?
I always go out on Saturday. Sometimes I go to a restaurant, and sometimes I watch a movie. I never go to concerts, but I often go to my friend’s house. I always have a good time!
2) What kind of person are you?
Well, I’m friendly and outgoing, and I’m usually very happy. I don’t often complain, and I never shout or get really angry. How about you?
I’m friendly too, and I’m a little shy.
I’m always happy, but sometimes I’m very busy. I always try to have a happy face.
Me too!
3) What are some customs in your country?
We always bow to people we meet, and we never joke about people’s names.
That’s good. Here we never ask about people’s salary, it’s rude. Also we usually aren’t late for meetings.
That’s good too!

Kosa kata baru:

Weekend = akhir pekan always = selalu sometimes = kadang-kadang watch = nonton movie = film never = tidak pernah concert = konser often = sering what kind = jenis apa person = orang friendly = ramah outgoing = suka pergi-pergi usually = biasanya complain = mengeluh shout = berteriak

get angry = marah shy = malu busy = sibuk face = wajah custom = adat kebiasaan country = negara bow = tunduk people = orang meet = bertemu joke = lelucon salary = gaji rude = tidak sopan late = terlambat meeting = pertemuan