Prof.

Isola
Actividad 1
UNIT 9 (Keynote Proficient)

9.2 Completely lost without it

Gradability: # 5, #6, #8 

5)

1 quite/somewhat
2 incredibly
3 absolutely
4 totally/quite
5 entirely
6 virtually
7 utterly
8 quite

6)

1) Absolutely is stronger than very, so it is a difference of degree.

2) The meaning is different: in a) quite means ‘absolutely’ but in b) it has the meaning of ‘fairly’.
3) The meaning is different: in a) simply means ‘absolutely’ but in b) simply refers to the style, i.e.
‘designed in a simple way’.
4) The meaning is the same.
5) The meaning is the same.
6) The meaning is different: in a) badly means ‘very’, ‘a lot’ but in b) it refers to the writing, i.e.
written in a bad way.

8)
1 desperately
2 severely
3 fully
4 readily
5 highly
6 painfully
7 distinctly
8 deeply
9 extraordinarily
10 sincerely