WHAT ARE INTENSIFIERS?

• Intensifiers are simply words that will make

adjectives stronger.
• They will give adjectives more power or more
emphasis.
INTENSIFERS LIST
• Absolutly
• Incredibly
• Unusually
• Enough
• Much
• A lot
• Far
• By far
• Easily
 EXAMPLES
• (really)
• This video is really interesting.
• (very)
• I'm very happy to learn English.
• (absolutely) 'Your new dress is amazing‘
• Your new dress is absolutely amazing.
• (incredibly) ‘Your son is smart.’
• Your son is incredibly smart.
• (completely) ‘My wallet is empty.’
• My wallet is completely empty.
• (unusually) ‘The classroom was quiet.’
• ‘The classroom was unusually quiet.
• (enough) He isn't old to drive.’
• He isn't old enough to drive.
 COMPARATIVE + INTENSIFIERS
• (much) ‘He runs faster than me.’
• ‘He runs much faster than me.
• (a lot) ‘This red bag is heavier than this white bag’.
• This red bag is a lot heavier than this white bag.
• (far) ‘She is taller than me’.
• She is far taller than me.
 SUPERLATIVE + INTENSIFIERS
• (easily) ‘This is the best restaurant in town’.
• This is easily the best restaurant in town.
• (by far) ‘Sarah is the smartest girl in class’.
• Sarah is by far the smartest girl in class.
 GRAMMAR RULES
• Quite is the only expression that can be preceded by not.
• The breakfast is not quite ready.
• Quite and rather can be used before a verb
• I quite like the new spiderman movie.
• I rather like this food.
• Only quite can be used before the particles a few, a lot, and a bit.
• Quite a few students had passed the exam.
• We cannot use quite a before an adjective without a noun.
• I work quite close to my house.
• I know a quite nice girl.
 GRAMMAR RULES
• Pretty is rarely used in negative contexts.
• Pretty, rather and fairly cannot be used after not.
• He si not pretty good
• He si not rather good
• He si not fairly good
• Pretty is generally only used to modify adjectives and adverbs.
• Pretty is often used with positive adjectives to emphasize their intensity.
• He si pretty good
• Pretty and fairly cannot be used before a noun without an adjective.
• He si pretty person.
• He is fairly person.
 GRAMMAR RULES
• Fairly cab be used to add just “more than a little but not very
good" to a negative to a negative idea.
• This movie was fairly good but it certanly wasn’t the best I have seen.
• Rather is often used to add intensity to a negative idea.
• This odor is rather insupportable. I can’t wait to get out of here.
• We can only use rather a before an (adjective) + noun
• I know a rather nice girl.