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Exercise: Match The Nouns and Adjectives

The document includes an exercise matching nouns with their corresponding adjectives, focusing on emotions and behaviors. It explains strong adjectives and their use, emphasizing that they should not be modified by 'very' and provides examples. Additionally, it outlines appropriate intensifiers for strong adjectives and includes a quiz to reinforce the concepts discussed.

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Exercise: Match The Nouns and Adjectives

The document includes an exercise matching nouns with their corresponding adjectives, focusing on emotions and behaviors. It explains strong adjectives and their use, emphasizing that they should not be modified by 'very' and provides examples. Additionally, it outlines appropriate intensifiers for strong adjectives and includes a quiz to reinforce the concepts discussed.

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🌟 Exercise: Match the Nouns and Adjectives


Noun Adjective(s)

1. anger a. empathetic

2. annoyance b. badly behaved

3. bad behaviour c. annoyed / annoying

4. competitiveness d. self-controlled

5. empathy e. angry

6. self-control f. competitive
Grammar: Strong adj and
intensifiers
💥1. What are Strong Adjectives?
normal adj

Ask: Can we use “very delicious”?

2. Strong adjectives

These already express an extreme degree, so you don’t use very with
them.
Examples:

very angry → furious


very tasty → delicious
very hungry → starving
very big → enormous
very funny → hilarious

✅ Correct: absolutely furious


🚫 Incorrect: very furious
3.Intensifiers for Strong Adjectives
Intensifiers for strong adjectives

absolutely

completely

extremely

highly

particularly

really

totally

Some Key Notes:


"Highly" is often used with abstract ideas like successful, intelligent, unlikely,
competitive:
→ highly intelligent, highly successful, highly unlikely
"Really" is flexible → It can be used with both gradable and strong adjectives:
→ really kind, really angry, really hilarious
Quiz: Strong Adjectives and Intensifiers
Choose the correct sentence (A, B, or C).

A. That cake was very delicious.


B. That cake was absolutely delicious.
C. That cake was slightly delicious.

A. I was very furious when I saw the bill.


B. I was a bit furious when I saw the bill.
C. I was completely furious when I saw the bill.

A. She’s totally exhausted after her run.


B. She’s very exhausted after her run.
C. She’s a little exhausted after her run.
A. This room is completely tidy.
B. This room is absolutely tidy.
C. This room is slightly delicious.

A. That film was absolutely hilarious!


B. That film was very hilarious!
C. That film was rather hilarious!

A. They were totally delighted with the gift.


B. They were a bit delighted with the gift.
C. They were quite delighted with the gift.

A. I'm completely starving after class.


B. I'm very starving after class.
C. I'm slightly starving after class.

A. It was highly tasty food.


B. It was very tasty food.
C. It was really tasty food.

A. He’s an absolutely intelligent man.


B. He’s a highly intelligent man.
C. He’s a completely intelligent man.

A. That’s a very gigantic building.


B. That’s a totally gigantic building.
C. That’s a bit gigantic building.

2.7 Writing about a photo


2.8 Fiction

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