Mercedes' English Class

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Do you know what an adjective is? So, pay attention!

Adjectives are words that describe the qualities of something. 

ACTIVITY 1. Brainstorming of adjectives:

Some adjectives in English are gradable – that means you can have different degrees or levels of that quality. For example, the weather can be very cold  or extremely cold.

You can use adverbs like really and very with normal adjectives.

I thought the film was really/very good 

ADJECTIVES CAN BE NORMAL OR STRONG

What Are Extreme or strong(er) Adjectives?

This is a small icecream.

This is a tiny/ very small icecream.

This is an angry baby.

This is a furious (very angry) baby

This is a tired panda bear



This is an exhausted (very tired) polar bear



This is an ugly dog.

This is an awful/very ugly dog.

Here, you have a list of adjectives and their strong ones.

normal Adjectives	Strong Adjectives
beautiful	gorgeous
ugly	awful
dirty	filthy
good	superb, great, fantastic
bad	terrible
happy	thrilled
angry	furious
hungry	starving
tired	exhausted
funny	hilarious
big	huge, enormous
small	tiny
fat	obese
scared	terrified
cold	freezing
hot	boiling

Activity 2. Click on the following links and do these exercises:

1.  Base and strong adjectives exercise
2.  Press "TERMINADO" and discover your mark.
   

 

Strong adjectives, an interactive worksheet by kamgwozdz
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Strong Adjective, an interactive worksheet by sitiaminmuhd8174
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Strong adjectives are more expressive than normal adjectives and are used with adverbs like absolutely, completely .
Examples:

• I’m absolutely furious.
• We’re completely exhausted.

The adverbs pretty and really can be used with both normal and extreme adjectives:

• This room is pretty/really dirty. (normal)
• This room is pretty/really filthy. (extreme)

Activity 3. Use strong adjectives to complete the gaps in the exercise below.

1. Your sister is very beautiful. Your sister is absolutely  awful enormous exhausted filthy freezing hideous hilarious smashing soaked stunning terrified tiny.

2.  I think Ricky Gervais is very funny. He's absolutely  awful enormous exhausted filthy freezing hideous hilarious smashing soaked stunning terrified tiny.

3. Put your socks in the washing machine! They're very dirty. They're absolutely  awful enormous exhausted filthy freezing hideous hilarious smashing soaked stunning terrified tiny.

4. It was very cold last January. It was absolutely  awful enormous exhausted filthy freezing hideous hilarious smashing soaked stunning terrified tiny.

5. His apartment is very small. It's absolutely  awful enormous exhausted filthy freezing hideous hilarious smashing soaked stunning terrified tiny. 

The use of adverbs like very, absolutely and really with normal and strong adjectives

Very, absolutely and really are used differently according whether the adjective is a base or a strong one:

	very	absolutely	really
Base adjectives
Strong adjectives

ACTIVITY 3. Watch the following video.

ACTIVITY 4. Take the quizzes to test your knowledge of extreme adjectives:

Quiz: Extreme Adjectives In English

Choose the correct extreme adjective to complete each sentence.

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Quiz: Adverbs With Extreme Adjectives

Decide whether the adverb-adjective combination is correct or incorrect.

Start

ACTIVITIES TO PRINT:

Extreme Adjectives - Onestopenglish

USEFUL LINKS

Strong adjectives-English - Learn English

https://www.espressoenglish.net/extreme-adjectives-in-english/

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-lesson-base-strong-adjectives.php