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Unit 1 Gradable and Extreme Adjectives Ortega Jonathan

This document contains a lesson on gradable and extreme adjectives. It lists 20 gradable adjectives paired with their extreme adjective counterparts. It then provides an exercise for students to identify whether a sentence uses a gradable or extreme adjective by selecting the correct word to complete each sentence. The goal of the lesson is to distinguish between gradable adjectives that can accept modifiers like "very" versus extreme adjectives that convey absolute or extreme states.

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Unit 1 Gradable and Extreme Adjectives Ortega Jonathan

This document contains a lesson on gradable and extreme adjectives. It lists 20 gradable adjectives paired with their extreme adjective counterparts. It then provides an exercise for students to identify whether a sentence uses a gradable or extreme adjective by selecting the correct word to complete each sentence. The goal of the lesson is to distinguish between gradable adjectives that can accept modifiers like "very" versus extreme adjectives that convey absolute or extreme states.

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Unit 1: Talk

Name: Jonathan Ortega

Lesson B: Gradable and extreme adjectives

A. Look at the adjectives in the box. Write the extreme adjective next to the gradable
adjective.
GRADABLE ADJECTIVES EXTREME ADJECTIVES
Different degrees or levels (e.g. useful, Comparatives and superlatives are not
confident) used (e.g. devastated, unusual, unique,
excellent)
1. interesting fascinating
2. Big enormous
3. Small tiny
4. Important relevant
5. Bad awful-terrible-horrible
6. Dirty filthy
7. Difficult impossible
8. Good fantastic
9. Sad miserable
10. Hot boiling
11. Angry furious
12. Nice brilliant
13. Cold freezing
14. Tired exhausted
15. Clean spotless
16. crowded packed
17. old ancient
18. hungry starving
19. pretty gorgeous
20. scary terrifying
21. ugly hideous

Adverbs

A little
Fairly Completely
Intensely
Very + Gradable
adjectives
Absolutely
Really
Utterly
+ Extreme
adjectives
Really
Quite totally
Extremely
slightly
Exercise 1: Tick the word that completes the sentence correctly.
• 1. Let's stay in tonight; it's _ freezing outside.
absolutely
very

• 2. I was _ devastated when I heard the news.


absolutely
very

• 3. This work of art is _ unique.


a bit
totally

• 4. It's _ important to have good friends.


very
totally

• 5. Her new dress is _ unusual.


slightly
really

• 6. Peter is _ angry with Sarah today.


absolutely
extremely

• 7. These photographs are very _.


good
excellent

• 8. David's new house is absolutely _.


big
enormous

• 9. The documentary is extremely _.


fascinating
interesting

• 10. I'm _ starving. What's for dinner?


really
very

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