Презентация по английскому языку на тему Adjectives and adverbs
Adjectives & Adverbs really very a bit quite Don’t talk to Jenny, she’s angry. How can this sentence be more specific? extremely quite (not) very Sorry, I can’t stop, I’m busy. really pretty quite That slice of cake looks nice. Can be used in comparative or superlative forms
Can be used with:
Fairly
Quite
Rather
Pretty
Very
Highly
to show that a person or thing has more or less of a particular quality Adverbs of degree Angry
Busy
Big
= Gradable
completely very The exam was impossible. pretty utterly The new kitchen is perfect. highly absolutely The food was superb. Impossible
Superb
Perfect
= Ungradable
Completely present or completely absent
Cannot be used in comparative or superlative forms
Can be used with:
Totally
Completely
Absolutely
Utterly
to emphasize the extent of the quality Adverbs of intensity Adverb review Adverbs of degree
Fairly
Quite
Rather
Pretty
extremely
Very
Highly
Slightly
A bit
Emphasize degrees of a particular quality
Used with gradable adjectives Adverbs of intensity
Totally
Completely
Absolutely
Utterly
Really
Entirely
Wholly
Identify a particular type or an absolute quality
Used with ungradable adjectives Gradable Ungradable Adverbs of intensity Not usually used with gradable adjectives
Gradable adjectives describe qualities which can be measured in degrees Adverbs of degree Can be used with gradable and ungradable adjectives:
How many different ways can it be graded? Gradable! Hungry How many different ways can it be graded? Ungradable! Starving Very
or
Absolutely Practice I would eat … only if I were ____ hungry.The last time I was ____ unhappy was …… makes me ____ furious.I think the film… is ____ terrifying.If I were ____ rich, I…