MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL
POLICÍA NACIONAL
DIRECCION DE BIENESTAR SOCIAL
COLEGIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE FATIMA-MESAN
ENGLISH PRACTICAL GRAMMAR WORKSHOP
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH TEACHER: ORF-15 CESAR M. FAJARDO MEDINA
(Intensifiers)
(ARGUMENTATIVE COMPETENCE)
We use words like very, really and extremely to make adjectives stronger:
Example:
It's a very interesting story.
Everyone was very excited.
It's a really interesting story.
Everyone was extremely excited.
We call these words intensifiers. Other intensifiers are:
Amazingly Particularly
Exceptionally Remarkably
Incredibly Unusually
We also use enough to say more about an adjective,
but enough comes after its adjective:
Example:
If you are seventeen, you are old enough to drive a car.
I can't wear those shoes. They're not big enough.
(Intensifiers with strong Adjectives)
We do not normally use very with these adjectives. We do not say something
is very enormous or someone is very brilliant.
With strong adjectives, we normally use intensifiers like:
Absolutely Really
Completely Quite
Exceptionally Totally
Particularly Utterly
SELECT THE CORRECT INTENSIFIER AS FOLLOWING EXERCISES
1) You are ____ the best friend a person could have.
A) Much
B) By far
C) A great deal
D) Highly
2) There were some clouds, but overall, it was a ____ nice day.
A) Slightly
B) A bit
C) Pretty
D) Highly
3) The soup was ____ hot. We had to wait 15 minutes before we could eat it.
A) Extremely
B) Amazing
C) Enough
D) Absolutely
4) You are only ____ faster than me.
A) By far
B) Easily
C) Rather
D) Slightly
5) Success is ____ probable.
A) Seriously
B) Really
C) Highly
D) Remarkably
6) You are a ____ good friend.
A) Terribly
B) Very
C) Highly
D) Absolutely
7) One person was _____ injured in the accident.
A) Amazing
B) Absolutely
C) Totally
D) Absolutely
Elaborado por: ORF15 (Lic.) Cesar Miguel Fajardo Medina
Revisado por: ORF15 (Lic.) Cesar Miguel Fajardo Medina
Fecha de elaboración: 10-05-2020
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