{"id":10705,"date":"2019-08-03T09:33:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T07:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=10705"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:24:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:24:56","slug":"adjectives-intensifiers-with-strong-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/08\/adjectives-intensifiers-with-strong-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjectives: Intensifiers with Strong Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Level: Intermediate-Advanced<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Intensifiers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Intensifiers are used to make adjectives stronger. Some examples are<em> very, really, extremely, amazingly, exceptionally, incredibly, particularly, remarkably, <\/em>and <em>unusually<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>very\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She was studying <em><strong>very hard<\/strong><\/em> but still failed the exam.<br \/>\nreally\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That was a <em><strong>really delicious<\/strong><\/em> meal.<br \/>\nextremely \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She is <em><strong>extremely smart<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>\namazingly \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They are\u00a0<em><strong>amazingly creative<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>\nexceptionally\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Her children are<em><strong> exceptionally talented<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>\nincredibly \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was <em><strong>incredibly rude<\/strong><\/em> of him to say that.<br \/>\nparticularly \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am not <em><strong>particularly fond<\/strong><\/em> of romance films.<br \/>\nremarkably \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She lives in a <em><strong>remarkably <\/strong><strong>crowded<\/strong> <\/em>city.<br \/>\nunusually \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You are <em><strong>unusually quiet<\/strong><\/em> this morning.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Enough<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When using <em><strong>enough<\/strong><\/em> as an intensifier, it is placed after the adjective. It is used to talk more about the adjective.<\/p>\n<p>If you are eighteen, you are <em><strong>old enough<\/strong><\/em> to vote.<br \/>\nHe was not allowed to ride the rollercoaster. He is not <em><strong>tall enough<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>\n<strong>Intensifiers with strong adjectives<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Very<\/strong><\/em> is not used with strong adjectives such as:<\/p>\n<p>very small\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 tiny<\/p>\n<p>very big\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0huge, enormous<\/p>\n<p>very clever\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 brilliant<\/p>\n<p>very bad\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 awful, dreadful, disgusting, terrible<\/p>\n<p>very good\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 excellent, ideal, perfect, splendid, wonderful<\/p>\n<p>very tasty\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 delicious<\/p>\n<p>very sure\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 certain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, intensifiers such as <em>absolutely, completely, exceptionally, particularly, really, quite, totally,<\/em>and <em>utterly<\/em> are used.<\/p>\n<p>Their proposal was <em><strong>absolutely terrible<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/>\nAnne is an <em><strong>exceptionally brilliant<\/strong> <\/em>employee.<br \/>\nAfter her cosmetic surgery went wrong, she looked <em><strong>really dreadful<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level: Intermediate-Advanced Intensifiers Intensifiers are used to make adjectives stronger. Some examples are very, really, extremely, amazingly, exceptionally, incredibly, particularly, remarkably, and unusually. very\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She was studying very hard but still failed the exam. really\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That was a really delicious meal. extremely \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She is extremely smart. amazingly \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They are\u00a0amazingly creative. exceptionally\u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adjectives: Intensifiers with Strong Adjectives | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/08\/adjectives-intensifiers-with-strong-adjectives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adjectives: Intensifiers with Strong Adjectives | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Level: Intermediate-Advanced Intensifiers Intensifiers are used to make adjectives stronger. 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