Adverbs of degree
- 2. ADVERBS Definition: Adverbs are words that modify • a verb He drove slowly. • an adjective He drove a very fast car. • another adverb She moved quite slowly down the aisle.
- 3. Kinds of Adverbs: o Adverbs of Manner She moved slowly and spoke quietly. o Adverbs of Place She has lived on the island all her life. She still lives there now. o Adverbs of Frequency She takes the boat to the mainland every day. She often goes by herself.
- 4. o Adverbs of Time She tries to get back before dark. It's starting to get dark now. She finished her tea first. She left early. o Adverbs of Purpose She drives her boat slowly to avoid hitting the rocks. She shops in several stores to get the best buys.
- 5. o Adverbs of Degree Adverbs of degree tell us the strength or intensity of something that happens. Many adverbs are gradable, that is, we can intensify them. Basically they answer the sort of question that asks How much ...? or How little...? - They’re tired They’re extremely tired. -We played badly. We played very badly. - That idea is stupid. That idea is completely stupid.
- 6. - It was an interesting book. It was a fairly interesting book. - I was excited I was really excited. - María looked upset. María looked rather upset. - I’m afraid I disagree. I’m afraid I totally disagree.
- 7. Adverbs of Degree -We can use very and really before an adjective or adverb to make it stronger, and extremely to make it very strong. This cake is really niece. They work extremely hard.
- 8. Adverbs of Degree -We can use quite, fairly and a bit before an adjective or an adverb to make it weaker. Maria sings fairly well. The film is quite interesting. -We usually use a bit with a negative adjective or adverb. I feel a bit tired.
- 9. Adverbs of Degree - quite comes before a/an We live in quite a small house. - very, really, extremely and fairly come after a/an My parents’ house has got an extremely big garden -We do not use a bit + adjective + noun It’s a bit long film
- 10. Alphabetical list of common single-word degree adverbs almost absolutely awfully* badly* barely completely decidedly deeply enough enormously entirely extremely fairly far fully greatly hardly highly how incredibly indeed intensely just least less little lots most much nearly perfectly positively practically pretty* purely quite rather really scarcely simply so somewhat strongly terribly* thoroughly too totally utterly very virtually well