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DVERBS OF DEGREE

MODIFIERS WITH

GRADABLE

ADJECTIVES

MODIFIERS WITH

NON-GRADABLE

ADJECTIVES

BOTH

A bit, a little, fairly,

quite, really, too, very,

rather, pretty, extremely,

highly, slightly

Absolutely, completely,

quite, totally, utterly

- Quite = with

gradable

adjectives;

means rather,

fairly

- Quite = with

ungradable

adjectives;

meansabsolutely,

completely

- really

e.g. Our flats quitenice, but not perfect.

- I love your flat! The balconies are quitesplendid.

GRADABLE ADJECTIVES UNGRADABLE ADJECTIVES

angry Furious

big Enormous

important Essential

Hot/ warm boiling

cold freezing

tasty delicious

tired exhaustedhappy delighted

small tiny

good excellent

bad terrible

hungry starving

interesting fascinating

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upset devastated

unusual Unique

Amazing, dead, fantastic, helpless,

impossible, incredible, necessary,

perfect, pointless, right, splendid,

unacceptable, wonderful, wrong,

awful, disastrous, horrified, huge,marvelous, vital

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