O ve rusing t he wo rd 've ry' whe n t alking c an be bo ring f o r t he pe rso n list e ning.

Fo r e xample :

1.-
"YeM
st eat c h eitacwas
rday, h no
vermal
ry ho adje
t , so cI twe
iventint obo x A
t he witbut
park, h anit ewas
xt reveme
ry cadje c t dive
ro wde in re
. The bowas
x B.a ve ry big do g in t he park
andE xa
I was ves:
mple ry sc
e xare
p edn siv
whe e n– ite xran
o rbby met. I st art e d t o f e e l ve ry hungry so I de c ide d t o buy an ic e -c re am. The ic e -
it an
c re am I bo ught was ve ry c o ld, but it t ast e d ve ry bad. I t hink it was o ld. I t rie d t o c o mplain but t he se lle r didn't
c are . I was ve ry angry! U nf o rt unat e ly, I was ve ry t ire d and I didn't f e e l like arguing. O n t he way ho me I st o ppe d
in
Boax
c afAe and
N odrank
rmalaadje
c o ld cglass
t iveosf le mo nade . It was ve ry go o d!"

angry f unny sad

T o bad
a vo id t h e o ve r u sin g o f 've r y', we cho
a nt u se 'e xt r e me a d je c t ive s' ( = ve ry + adje c t ive ). T h e se e xt r e me
small
a d je
big
c t ive s h a ve st r o n g me a n in gs, so in st e a d o f sa yin g “ve ry c le an” we c a n sa y spo t le ss –a s “spo t le ss”
hungry st range
me a n s “ve ry c le an” we d o no t ne e d t o u se ve ry b e f o r e spo t le ss. In st e a d , yo u c a n u se “e xt re me ly” o r
c le an int e re st ing surprising
“abso lut e ly”.
c le ve r large t ast y
c o ld lo ng t ire d
dirt y o ld ugly
N o w, re -re ad t he sho rt st o ry abo ve and re plac e t he unde rline d
go o d pre t t y
wo rds wit h e xt re me adje c t ive s. He re 's a t able o f so me e xt re me
adje c t ive s and what t he y me an:
c o ld f re e zing
ho t bo iling
Bo x B Ext re me adje c t ive s
"Ye st e rday, it was ______________, so I we nt t o t he park, but it was
dirt y f ilt hy
hungry st arving
________________.
 The
b o ilin g  e n o r mo u srewas
f a n taa st
______________
ic  f ilt h y  fdo r ege zin
in gt he
 gopark
r ge and
o u s I was
st a r vin g c troinwde
y da n c ie n t pac
f u ke
r iodu s 
h_____________
ila r io u s  spowhe
t lenss it aran
st obyu n dmein. gI sthart
id eeodu tsofde e lic
l _______________
io u s  b iza r r e so
 eIn d le ss bad
 f a sc in a t in g  mise
awf ul r a b le 
de c ide d t o buy an ic e -c re am. Thebicr illia n t  t e r r ib le  e xh a u st e d  h u ge 
e -c re am I bo ught was ________________, go o d wo nde rf ul
but it t ast e d ________________. I t hink it was o ld. I t rie d t o c o mplain but sc are d t e rrif ie d
t he se lle r didn't c are . I was ________________! U nf o rt unat e ly, I was angry f urio us
2.- A nswe r t he qu e st io ns. U se e x t re me adje c t ive s. t ire d e xhaust e d
________________ and I didn't f e e l like arguing. O n t he way ho me I st o ppe d
E xample : Is yo u r b ro t h e r c le ve r? C le ve r? H e ’s b rilliant ! big huge
in a c af e and drank a c o ld glass o f le mo nade . It was _________________!”
small t iny

1. A r e yo u ho t ? H o t ? I’m b o ilin g!
2. Was t h e c o n c e r t go o d ?
Finally, c o mple t e t he se nt e nc e s be lo w using t he e x t re me adje c t ive s f ro m t he t able . Re me mbe r t o
3. We r e h is e xa m r e su lt s bad?
use t he c o rre c t f o rm o f t he adje c t ive .
4. T h is pizza is a b it small, isn ’t it ?
5. T h a t ’s a big f a c t o r y.
6. It ’s a b it c o ld in h e r e .
1. T h e t r a ins d u r in g r u sh -h o u r in T o kyo a r e __________________. T h e r e a r e p e o ple e ve r ywh e r e .
7. M y sh o e s ar e d irt y.
2. T h e wo r ld 's b igge st c a sin o o pe n e d in L a s Ve ga s - it 's _______________. It 's t wic e t h e size o f t h e
8. A r e yo u hu ngry?
pr e vio u s wo r ld 's b igge st o n e .
9. D o n ’t yo u t h in k Bo b ’s d o g is ugly?
10 3.
. WeI rwa s u__________________
e yo wh e n I sa w t h a t so me o n e h a d d a ma ge d my c a r a nd h a d d r ive n a wa y.
t ire d a f t e r t h e e xa m?
11.4. M A
a rfiat ’s
e rn reuwndnrin g tish evema
e ss r a t thtoy.n sh e f e lt ___________________. Sh e ju st wa n t e d t o la y d o wn .
r y pre
12.5. Was
M yyohuorme
b otsso wn is _____________________
angry ab o u t t h e pr o b le m? in t h e wint e r , so r e me mb e r t o b r in g a b ig c o a t .
13.6. H is
Yoculo tnheeesda tr eo sc r uafnf yyoa nd
c le u r ve
b erdyrst
o orange . n e ve r se e n su c h a d ir t y r o o m. It ’s _______________ in h e r e .
m. I've
14.7. T hI'm
is man lo o ks ve r y sad .
___________________ b e c a u se I d id n 't e a t b r e a kf a st a n d I wa s t o o b u sy t o e a t lu n c h .
15. D id yo u t h ink P e t e r ’s jo ke wa s f unny?
8. T u r n o n t h e a ir -c o n it is ___________________ in h e r e . I h a t e su mme r ! It is t o o h o t !
16. Is yo u r b e d r o o m c le an?
9. P e o ple le f t t h e c in e ma b e f o r e t h e f ilm e n d e d b e c a u se it wa s ________________.
17. A r e t h e pyr amid s in E gypt o ld ?
It 's t h e wo r st f ilm I've e ve r se e n .
18. Wasn’t t h e r e su lt o f t h e f o o t b a ll ma t c h su rprising?
19.10.
T hYo
is u
c amu st ve
ke is c limb t hy.e mo u n t a in . T h e vie w f r o m t h e t o p is ____________________!
r y t ast
20. T h a t Sc o t t ish c a st le was ve r y large .
21. T h e e n d o f t h is b o o k is ve r y int e re st ing, isn ’t it ?
22. T h e e xe r c ise wa s ver y lo ng.