Gradable and non-gradable adjectives Flashcards

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Modifying adverbs

List of modifying adverbs

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  • Very - extremely - rather
  • really, - a bit, - a little, - fairly
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Gradable adjective

List gradable adjectives

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  • Interesting, scared, surprised, difficult, tired, etc.
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Intensifying adverbs:

list intensifying adverbs

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  • absolutely, completely, entirely, totally, etc.
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Non-gradable adjective

List non-gradable adjectives

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Impossible, terrible, excellent, huge, etc.
* We can often use really to intensify non-gradable and gradable adjective: The lecture was really fascinating/good.

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Intensifying adverbs

Match:
Thoroughly/really
Deeply/totally
Highly/extremely
Strongly/firmly
Bitterly/deeply
Bitterly/extremely
Completely/entirely
Vividly/distinctly

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  • Thoroughly/really enjoy
  • Deeply/totally frustrated
  • Highly/extremely (un)likely
  • Strongly/firmly believe
  • bitterly/deeply regret
  • Bitterly/extremely disappointed
  • Completely/entirely agree
  • vividly/distinctly remember
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Quite

Mean Truly or completely

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Depends on the intonation He’s quite↑ remarkable↓
It is quite expensive↓

don’t use quite in front of comparative adjectives adverbs insted

use a bit/a little/slightly

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