INTENSIFIERS
Some adverbs are used with
adjectives and other adverbs. Examples in this lesson are called
"intensifiers." Intensifiers provide greater depth of meaning for the
words they describe.
Some common intensifiers are somewhat, surely, highly,
certainly, very, really, extremely, quite, such,
extraordinarily, and tremendously. There are
others, but these are a good start if you are new to using them.
For each sentence, choose the
best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.
ADJECTIVE ORDER
The adjective word order shown above occurs with a small
amount of variation. Preference for particular word order is influenced
by the speech of friends, community members, and media personalities in
news, in commercials, in songs, and so on). In addition, word order
is influenced by the ability to recall and retrieve words when
describing a stored visual image.
More word-order variation tends to occur with the first three categories (Opinion, Appearance, Age) than the last three (Color, Origin, Type).
When in doubt, ask a native speaker, who will most likely have a
strong opinion about what order sounds natural. This chart is offered
to you as a guide. The categories are not written in stone.
Arrange modifiers in natural sounding word order
