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Taller 1 Intensifiers - Com PDF
Taller 1 Intensifiers - Com PDF
GRAMMAR
LEVEL
Intermediate
Preview and warm-up
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Intensifiers: too
The intensifier too can be used to emphasise that there is a lot of something, often
in a negative context.
■ It is often placed in front of adjectives and adverbs.
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Answer the questions
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Intensifiers: quite
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Intensifiers: very
■ The intensifier very can be placed before adjectives and adverbs to add a
greater degree of emphasis. It is one of the most commonly used intensifiers
in English.
■ Read the examples below, particularly how they make the adjectives in the
sentence stronger.
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Intensifiers: pretty
The intensifier pretty can be used to add emphasis in a similar way to quite and
very.
■ This intensifier is used in a more informal context.
■ It adds emphasis to a similar degree as quite.
■ Used as a modifier, it means almost.
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Intensifiers: so
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Intensifiers: at all
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Negative sentences using at all
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Writing about experiences
Write a paragraph
about an
experience you
café lunch a flight
have had basedon
each of the
pictures.
Use intensifiers
when writing about
each experience.
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Complete the sentences
1. I have time on
2. It has been long.
my hands.
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Fill the gaps
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Talk using intensifiers
Your boss is asking Your friend feels ill. Ask Your friend has had a
Your friend just got
about any problems you them about their bad day. Ask him what
fired. Ask why.
had on your lastproject. symptoms. is wrong.
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