INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA TÉCNICA VILLA OLÍMPICA

GALAPA – ATLÁNTICO
GUÍA DE APRENDIZAJE INETVOL No. __5__
Área: HUMANIDADES Asignatura: Idioma Extranjero INGLÉS

I.H.S. 3 Período: III Fecha de Entrega por Docente: Septiembre 22/2021

Docente: Lic. Luisa Almanza A. Fecha de Devolución Estudiante: Octubre 22/2021
Estudiante: Grado: 110___

Dear student, in order to avoid Covid-19, remember:

 Propósito de Formación del Grado: _Definir su proyecto de grado y sus potencialidades laborales.
 Eje Temático: __________ INTENSIFIERS _______________
 Propósito de esta Guía de Aprendizaje: _Determinar el grado de intensidad de un adjetivo en una frase,
para mostrar aprobación o desaprobación. ______
 Información Nueva ( x )  Reforzar Conceptos ( )

1. EXPLORACIÓN: ¿Qué conocimientos tienes del Tema que vamos a desarrollar? Cuéntame tu
experiencia:

2. ESTRUCTURACIÓN: Las redes sociales y el ámbito virtual son temas muy comunes para nosotros,
sobretodo en estos tiempos. En esta guía estaremos trabajando el tema desde un enfoque del buen
manejo de estas herramientas. Si tienes dudas al respecto, comunícate conmigo al correo
electrónico luisa.almanza@inetvol.edu.co, estaré atenta a recibir tu mensaje.

3. CONCEPTUALIZACIÓN: An intensifier is a word that strengthens or weakens another word

(usually the word immediately to its right). An intensifier has no real meaning by itself and can
usually be removed from the sentence. Intensifiers are adverbs.

The most common intensifiers are "very," "extremely," and "incredibly." The sole purpose of an
intensifier is to tell us about the intensity of another word.

Examples of Intensifiers in Sentences

Here are some examples of intensifiers in sentences:

 This pie is tasty. (There is no intensifier in this sentence.)
 This pie is very tasty. (In this example, the intensifier "very" strengthens the adjective "tasty."

Of note, "very" is the most common intensifier in English.

 The delegation is late. (There is no intensifier in this sentence.)

 The delegation is very late.

 Last week's test was easy. (There is no intensifier in this sentence.)

 Last week's test was really easy.
 Last week's test was incredibly easy.
 Last week's test was insanely easy.

Other intensifiers are:

 amazingly  incredibly  remarkably
 exceptionally  particularly  unusually
1.1 INTENSIFIERS WITH STRONG ADJECTIVES

Strong adjectives are words like:

We do not normally use very with these adjectives. We do not say something is very enormous or someone is very
brilliant.

With strong adjectives, we normally use intensifiers like:

 absolutely  particularly  totally
 completely  really  utterly
 exceptionally  quite

 The film was absolutely awful.

 He was an exceptionally brilliant child.
 The food smelled really disgusting.

4. EVALUACIÓN: Let´s put this into practice. Any doubts, please contact me.

4.1 True or false? An intensifier is a word that strengthens or weakens another word (typically the
word immediately to its right).
A: True B: False

4.2 Select the intensifier.

a. Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. (Confucius)
b. I make things up for a living. It would be pretty boring to write about real people. (Kristin Gore)
c. I'm incredibly grateful to be playing the villain. I get very nervous about the importance of being
a villain in the world of Batman. (Tom Hardy)

4.3 Choose the correct intensifier on each sentence.

Very tired So happy Really worried A bit angry A little sad

a. I am ________________ because tomorrow is my birthday party.

b. Pamela works too much. She feels sick.
c. They are _____________ because their pet is sick.
d. We are ______________ about coronavirus.
e. Paola is ______________ because food delivery arrived 2 hours later. She was hungry.
4.4 Put the adjectives into the correct groups.

NORMAL ADJECTIVES STRONG ADJECTIVES

4.5 Put the words in order according to how strongly they intensify an adjective. Number from 1
to 11.

( ) Extremely ( ) A little bit ( ) A bit

( ) Very ( ) Really ( ) Not at all
( ) Not Very ( ) Kind of ( ) Sort of
( ) Quite ( ) Pretty

4.6 Complete the sentences with an intensifier and an adjective:

a. I think my mother is ________________ ________________________.

b. I think my father is _________________ ________________________.
c. My brother/sister is _____________________ ________________________.
d. Pizza is __________________________ _________________________.
e. Sea food is ____________________ _________________________.

4.7 What do you think about …. Answer this and write five things about each item. Remember, use
the intensifiers to make the sentences.
 Use the expression: I think he/she/it is…

President Donald Trump?

K-Pop music?
Your school?
Your neighborhood?
Yourself?
Your best friend?

4.8 Ask one of your family members those questions and write their answers.

4.9 Match these extreme adjectives with their meanings

A. Deafening  ( ) wet
B. Terrifying  ( ) tired
C. Hilarious  ( ) cold
D. Gorgeous  ( ) hungry
E. Terrible  ( ) beautiful
F. Tiny  ( ) big
G. Huge  ( ) angry
H. Furious  ( ) small
I. Soaked  ( ) noisy
J. Exhausted  ( ) frightening
K. Starving  ( ) funny
L. Freezing  ( ) bad
4.10 Replace the words in bold with an extreme adjective.

5. RECURSOS: Para esta guía, será necesario que tengas a la mano  diccionario de inglés  cuaderno  lápices,
bolígrafos, lista de verbos, disponibilidad de tiempo  ¡TU MEJOR ACTITUD!

6. OBSERVACIONES: La guía debe ser desarrollada de tu puño y letra en el cuaderno de inglés. Enviar las
respuestas a la Plataforma SISMAC en documento PDF.