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    This document discusses gradable and extreme adjectives in English. Some adjectives, like "cold", can be modified to different degrees (very cold, quite cold). However, some adjectives have an extreme form that cannot be further modified, like "freezing" for the extreme of "cold". Extreme adjectives indicate the maximum level for that characteristic. The document provides examples of extreme adjectives and has exercises matching adjectives to their extreme forms and using them in sentences.

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    This document discusses gradable and extreme adjectives in English. Some adjectives, like "cold", can be modified to different degrees (very cold, quite cold). However, some adjectives have an extreme form that cannot be further modified, like "freezing" for the extreme of "cold". Extreme adjectives indicate the maximum level for that characteristic. The document provides examples of extreme adjectives and has exercises matching adjectives to their extreme forms and using them in sentences.

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    This document discusses gradable and extreme adjectives in English. Some adjectives, like "cold", can be modified to different degrees (very cold, quite cold). However, some adjectives have an extreme form that cannot be further modified, like "freezing" for the extreme of "cold". Extreme adjectives indicate the maximum level for that characteristic. The document provides examples of extreme adjectives and has exercises matching adjectives to their extreme forms and using them in sentences.

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    Gradable and Extreme Adjectives 

    Adjectives are words used to describe characteristics of a noun (like “beautiful”, “cold”, 
    “sad” and “cute”). 
     
    Some  adjectives  in  English  are  ​gradable  -  which  means  that  you  can  have  different 
    degrees in a scale of the quality you’re talking about.  
     
    For  example,  to  describe  how  cold  a day is, you have a range of words that you can use to 
    “grade” how cold the day is, in your opinion: 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    But  if  you  think  this  is  day  is  ​absurdly​,  ​extremely​,  ​awfully  (or  ​amazingly​,  if  you  like the 
    winter)  cold,  you  may  want to say, instead of all these words, that the day is the ​extreme 
    of “cold”: it is ​freezing​. 
     
    The word “freezing” is what we call the ​extreme​ form of the adjective “cold”.  
     
    If  it  is  already  the  extreme, it doesn’t make sense to say that the day is “a little freezing” 
    or  “very  freezing”.  You  cannot  grade  extreme  adjectives,  for  they  are  already  the 
    maximum  of  the  characteristic  we’re  talking  about.  In  this  case,  if  you  really  want  to 
    emphasize​ how freezing the day is, you may use words like: 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    1 .​ Match the adjectives to their ​EXTREME​ ​form: 
     
     
    a) Angry  ___​ Mortified 
    b) Big  ___ ​Astounding 
    c) Crowded  ___​ Packed 
    d) Clean  ___​ Starving 
    e) Hungry  ___​ Gorgeous 
    f) Old  ___​ Huge 
    g) Surprising  ___​ Furious 
    h) Ugly  ___​ Spotless 
    i) Tired  ___​ Essential 
    j) Important  ___ ​Hideous 
    k) Embarrassed  ___​ Ancient 
    l) Beautiful  ___​ Exhausted 
     
     
    2 .​ Fill in the gaps with the correct version of the adjectives from the 1st exercise: 
     
     
    a)​ Your sister is very __________________. She could be a model. 

    b)​ I had no idea you would throw a party for my birthday! It was quite __________________. 

    c)  This  All  Star  is  too  __________________  for  me  to  wear  in  public.  I’ve  had  it  since  I  was  12, 

    and it’s all torn and stained. 

    d)​ I haven’t eaten anything since I woke up today. I’m absolutely __________________. 

    e)  The  University  Library  gets  __________________  when  it’s  time  for  the  last  exams  of  the 

    semester. 

    f)  I  knew  my  mom  would  flip  when  she  noticed  the  dent  I  made  on  her car the last time I drove 

    it. So I decided to tell her, and she got absolutely __________________. 

    g)  On  Wednesdays,  I  have  class  at  7  AM,  then  go  to  work  and  then  go  to  my  Japanese course at 

    night. I arrive home utterly __________________. 


    h)​ Eating well and practicing exercises is absolutely __________________ to live a healthy life. 

    i)  He  got  __________________  when  people  discovered  that  he  was  the  one  who  clogged  the 

    company’s toilet. 

    j)  My  work  was  absolutely  __________________  in  relation  to  other  people’s.  They  had  put  so 

    much effort on their design, and I hadn’t put any. 

    k)​ They are such clean freaks, their house is always __________________. 

    l)  I’m  afraid  your  feet  are  a  little  _______________  for  this  shoe.  You  should  choose  another 

    one. 

    m)​ He gets slightly __________________ when his mom screams his name to call him in public. 

     
     
    3.  Create  new  sentences  with  the  new  vocabulary,  and  share  them  with  the  rest  of  the 
    class! 
     
     
    a)​ A piece of clothing I think is ​hideous​ is ______________________________________________. 

    b)​ Some activities that get me ​exhausted​ are… _________________________________________. 

    c)​ The last time I was in a ​packed​ place was… __________________________________________. 

    d)​ It makes me ​furious​ when… _______________________________________________________. 

    e)​ I would get ​mortified​ if… _________________________________________________________. 

    f)​ When learning a new language, it is ​essential​ to… _____________________________________. 

    g)​ One thing that was ​surprising​ for me recently was… __________________________________. 

    h)​ I think __________________________________________________________ is a ​huge​ mistake. 

    i)​ Select ​3 other words​ from exercise 1 and create more sentences with them: 
    ___________________________________________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________________________________________

    ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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