ModifiersĪmazing, ancient, awful, boiling, delicious, enormous, excellent, exhausted, fascinating, freezing, gorgeous, terrible, terrifying, tiny, etc.ĭo this exercise to test your grammar again. Here is a list of some common extreme adjectives and some modifiers that we can use with them. First, traffic was really bad, then the car broke down and we had to walk home in the rain. If we want to make extreme adjectives stronger, we have to use absolutely or really:ĭid you see the final match? It was absolutely amazing!Īfter 32 hours of travelling, they were absolutely exhausted. They already contain the idea of 'very' in their definitions. ModifiersĪcceptable, dead, destroyed, finished, free, impossible, necessary, perfect, ruined, unacceptable, etc.Īdjectives like amazing, awful and boiling are also non-gradable. Here is a list of some common absolute adjectives and some modifiers that we can use with them. Their farm was totally destroyed by a tornado. Thank you, I love it! It's absolutely perfect! To make them stronger we have to use modifiers like absolutely, totally or completely: These adjectives describe absolute qualities. For example, something can't be a bit finished or very finished. ModifiersĪngry, big, boring, cheap, cold, expensive, frightening, funny, hot, interesting, old, pretty, small, tasty, tired, etc. Here is a list of some common gradable adjectives and some modifiers that we can use with them. It can be extremely cold in Russia in the winter. The film we saw last night was really funny! angry, big, boring, cheap, cold, expensive, frightening, funny, hot, interesting, old, pretty, small, tasty, tired, etc. Fartlek This is an activity runners do when they change between sprinting and jogging. We can make them weaker or stronger with modifiers: Bumfuzzle You might hear your grandparents use this funny word that refers to being confused or perplexed. For example, you can be a bit cold, very cold or extremely cold. This means we can have different levels of that quality. Grammar test 1Īdjectives: gradable and non-gradable: Grammar test 1 Grammar explanation Gradable adjectives Look at these examples to see how gradable and non-gradable adjectives are used.
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