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Adjectives Gradable and Non-Gradable

The document explains the difference between gradable and non-gradable adjectives. Gradable adjectives can express varying degrees of a quality, while non-gradable adjectives describe absolute qualities that cannot be modified in the same way. It also provides examples and lists of common gradable and non-gradable adjectives along with appropriate modifiers.

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Adjectives Gradable and Non-Gradable

The document explains the difference between gradable and non-gradable adjectives. Gradable adjectives can express varying degrees of a quality, while non-gradable adjectives describe absolute qualities that cannot be modified in the same way. It also provides examples and lists of common gradable and non-gradable adjectives along with appropriate modifiers.

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ADJECTIVES:

GRADABLE AND
NON-GRADABLE
Gradable adjectives
Most adjectives are gradable. This means we can have different levels of that
quality. For example, you can be a bit cold, very cold or extremely cold. We can
make them weaker or stronger with modifiers:
She was quite angry when she found out.
The film we saw last night was really funny!
It can be extremely cold in Russia in the winter
HERE IS A LIST OF SOME COMMON GRADABLE ADJECTIVES
AND SOME MODIFIERS THAT WE CAN USE WITH THEM.
NON-GRADABLE: ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES

Some adjectives are non-gradable. For example, something can't be a bit


finished or very finished. You can't be a bit dead or very dead. These adjectives
describe absolute qualities. To make them stronger we have to use modifiers
like absolutely, totally or completely:
Thank you, I love it! It's absolutely perfect!
Their farm was totally destroyed by a tornado.
My work is completely finished. Now I can relax.
HERE IS A LIST OF SOME COMMON ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES
AND SOME MODIFIERS THAT WE CAN USE WITH THEM.

Modifiers absolutely/totally/completely

Adjectives acceptable, dead, destroyed, finished, free, impossible, necessary,


perfect, ruined, unacceptable, etc.
NON-GRADABLE: EXTREME ADJECTIVES

Adjectives like amazing, awful and boiling are also non-gradable. They already
contain the idea of 'very' in their definitions. If we want to make extreme adjectives
stronger, we have to use absolutely or really:
Did you see the final match? It was absolutely amazing!
After 32 hours of travelling, they were absolutely exhausted.
My trip home was really awful. First, traffic was really bad, then the car broke down
and we had to walk home in the rain.
• Here is a list of some common extreme adjectives and some modifiers that we
can use with them.

absolutely/really
Modifiers

Adjectives amazing, ancient, awful, boiling, delicious, enormous,


excellent, exhausted, fascinating, freezing, gorgeous, terrible, t
errifying, tiny, etc.

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