Adjectives describe or qualify a noun. However, we have different kinds of adjectives. Some adjectives in English are gradable – that means you can have different degrees or levels of that quality.

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Adjectives

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Extreme adjectives: Extreme adjectives or non-gradable adjectives are words that mean “extremely + adjective” – for example, “freezing” means “extremely cold.”

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Extreme adjectives:​

I am very angry

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I am furious​

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Extreme Adjectives

I am hungry

I am really hungry

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I am starving ​

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hungry - starving ​

El chavo is funny

El chavo is very funny

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El chavo is hilarious​

funny - hilarious

Quito is cold

Quito is really cold

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Quito is freezing now ​

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Cold - freezing

The mouse is small

the mouse is really small

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A flea is tiny ​

Small - tiny

Adverbs: ​

​totally , extremely, etc.

An adverb can help you emphasize an action or an adjective:

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An action:

He drives quickly

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An adjective:

he is happy

he is totally happy ​

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Extreme Adjectives​

Some adverbs cannot be used

with some adjectives.

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We need to analyze if the adjective is "normal" or "extreme". ​

Extreme adjectives

extreme adjectives​

adverbs

​Wit normal adjectives, we can use these adverbs: a little, a bit, slightly, fairly, rather very, extremely, immensely, intensely, hugely

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Examples: I’m rather hungry. / I’m very hungry. This room is a bit dirty. / This room is extremely dirty. We’re a little tired. / We’re immensely tired.

Extreme adjectives​

Adverbs with extreme adjectives

​Adverbs we can use to give additional emphasis to the extreme adjective: absolutely completely utterly

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Examples: I’m absolutely furious. We’re completely exhausted.

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The movie was utterly terrifying.

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Adverbs with both groups:

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​The words pretty and really can be used with both regular and extreme adjectives:

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He is really funny

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He is really hilarious​