Intensifying adverbs

Intensifying adverbs

1. To make adjectives stronger

   • Very: Everyone was VERY excited
   • Really: It's a REALLY interesting story
   • Extremely: Everyone was EXTREMELY excited
   • Other: Amazingly, exceptionally, incredibly, particulary, remarkably, unusually
   • Enough to say more about an adjective. (After its adjective: I can't wear those shoes. They aren't big ENOUGH
   • Adverbs before main verb: Almost, largely, really & virtually.
   • Adverbs after main verb: altogether, enormously, somewhat & tremendously.

2. Intensifiers with strong adjectives

   • Intensifiers
     • Absolutely, completely, excetionally, particularly, really, quite, totally, utterly.
       • Strong adjectives
         • Very big: Enormous
         • Very small: Tiny
         • Very clever: Brilliant
         • Very bad: awfull, terrible, disgusting, dreadful
         • Very sure: Certain
         • Very good: Excellent, perfect, ideal, wonderful, splendid
         • Very tasty: delicious
   • The film was ABSOLUTELY awful. He was an EXCEPTIONALLY brilliant child. The food smelled REALLY disgusting.