DESCRIPTIVE POWER

When describing things in a story or anecdote, try to avoid overusing (not) very + adjective. Replace the
descriptions in bold with more interesting alternatives from the box.

absolutely ancient absolutely hilarious

absolutely delighted quite inedible

absolutely fabulous really fascinating

absolutely filthy utterly astonished

utterly furious utterly miserable

1. The meeting was not very useful. totally pointless

2. It was a very interesting book.
3. They were very happy about the idea.
4. The food was not very good.
5. The weather was very bad.
6. Her apartment was very nice.
7. I was very surprised.
8. The whole thing was very funny.
9. The PCs they were using were very old.
10. He looked very angry.
11. The hotel was not very clean.