Strong Adjective

PREPARED BY
Mr. MEYPHALLA OUDOM
 Adjective
 There are two types of adjective:

O Base adjectives are normal adjectives that

don't have the idea of 'very‘

O Strong adjectives, however, are extreme

adjectives that have the idea of 'very'
 Base adjective=>Strong adjective
Base adjective Strong adjective

 Beautiful  Gorgeous
 Ugly  Awful
 Dirty  Filthy
 Good  Superb, great, fantastic
 Bad  Terrible
 Happy  Thrilled
 angry  Furious
 Base adjective Strong adjective

 Hungry  Starving
 Tired  Exhausted
 Funny  Hilarious
 Big  Huge, enormous
 Small  Tiny
 Fat  Obese
 Scared  Terrified
 Cold  Freezing
 Hot  boiling
The use of very, absolutely and really with base
and strong adjectives
O Very, absolutely and really are used differently
according whether the adjective is a base or a strong
one:
Very Absolutel Really
y
Base adjective √ × √
Strong adjective × √ √
Examples:
O He was very happy; he was absolutely thrilled.
O He was really happy/thrilled.
 Quiz
O Choose the right words:
o _____________ perfect
o _____________ incredible
o _____________ dirty
o _____________ enormous
o _____________ angry
o _____________ fantastic
o _____________ furious
o _____________ hilarious
o _____________ terrified
o _____________ beautiful
 Answer
O Choose the right words:
o absolutely perfect
o absolutely incredible
o very dirty
o absolutely enormous
o very angry
o absolutely fantastic
o Absolutely furious
o absolutely hilarious
o absolutely terrified
o very beautiful