Partial # 1 2 3 Topic: Intensifiers

Topic # 1 2 3 Individual work Group work 6 Activity # 2

Activity name: Intensifiers Degrees & Comparison 5%

Instruction: Watch the video about Intensifiers and complete the following
charts with the appropriate information.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dESpbbUAHA

Zuñiga Rojas Martin Roberto

Zarate Gonzalez Mariana Lucia
Seba Ramirez Maria Guadalupe

1.I'm extremely excited about this lesson today.

2.You're an exceptionally dedicated student.
3.This incredibly useful lesson is going to help you to take your English speaking skills to
the next level.

Intensifiers
Meaning Intensifiers are words that are added before an adjective to
make it stronger. (Intensifier + adjective of quality)
Use To talk about extremes.
To enhance the meaning of an adjective.
To emphasize a point.
To sound really impressive.
Examples 1.The lecture was really boring.
2a.That shop assistant was rude.
2b.That shop assistant was really rude.
2c.That shop assistant was extremely rude.
Function To intensify the adjective to make the meaning stronger. This
introduces more emotion and feeling into your English
 Intensifiers Degrees
High Intensity Examples
Extremely 1. Her daughter is intelligent.
Completely Her daughter is exceptionally intelligent.
Absolutely 2.She's been stressed lately.
Utterly She s been incredibly stressed lately.
Totally 3. The exam was difficult.
Entirely The exam was extremely difficult.
Exceptionally 4 The sound was deafening!
Insanely The sound was absolutely deafening!
Incredibly
Medium Intensity Examples
Really 1.She's been feeling really stressed lately.
Very She s been feeling very stressed lately.
Pretty She's been feeling pretty stressed lately.
Quite She s been feeling quite stressed lately.
Particularly
She's been feeling particularly stressed lately
2.Your resume is impressive.
Your resume is quite impressive.
3. Those desserts are good.
Those desserts are particularly good
4 The movie was ok, but it got pretty violent
towards the end
Low Intensity Examples
Mildly 1.She's been feeling mildly stressed lately.
Relatively She's been feeling relatively stressed lately.
Somewhat She's been feeling somewhat stressed lately.
2.The show we saw last night was mildly amusing.
 Comparing Intensifiers
Intensifier Degree Examples
High Intensity She's been incredibly stressed lately

Medium Intensity She's been pretty stressed lately.

Low Intensity She's been mildly stressed lately.

No intensifier She´s been stressed lately.