​gradable adjectives

what are they?

They are adjectives that can become stronger or weaker if you use words like "very" before them because these adjectives are not extreme.

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For example: ​Carla's car is quite big, isn't it?

"Completely" or "Absolutely" can't be used with gradable adjectives.

​NON-gradable adjectives

what are they?

They are adjectives that can't become stronger or weaker by using words like "very" because they are extreme.

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For example: ​ I'm absolutely freezing.

"completely", "absolutely", "Totally" and "really" can be used with non-gradable adjectives.

Completely

Absolutely

Totally

Really​

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non-gradable

very

(muy)

fairly

(en cierto grado)

extremely

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gradable

​which for which?

pretty​

(=very)

quite​

(muy, bastante)

really​ ​​