Information and examples of intensifiers and how to use them.

1. INTENSIFIERS

2. WHAT ARE THEY?
• Intensifiers are adverbs or adverbial phrases that
strengthen the meaning of other expressions and
show emphasis.
• We use words like very, really and extremely to make
adjectives stronger.
Intensifier + Adjective

3. EXAMPLES
• Paola was so upset.
• Alejandro felt extremely happy
yesterday.
• The story was very interesting.
• You are an unusually beautiful person.
• I highly recommend the bakery we used
for Marco's birthday cake.

4. INTENSIFIERS WITH STRONG
ADJECTIVES
Normal Strong
very big enormous,
huge
very small minute
very clever brilliant
very bad awful, terrible,
disgusting,
dreadful
very sure certain
very good excellent,
perfect, ideal,
wonderful,
splendid
very tasty delicious
Be careful
We do not normally use
very with these
adjectives. We do not
say something is very
enormous or someone is
very brilliant.

5. Put the adjectives into the correct groups.

6. Normal adjectives Strong adjectives
impossible
awful
difficult
goodhungryinteresting
small
bad fantastic
starving
fascinating
minute

7. Normal adjectives Strong adjectives
bad awful
difficult impossible
good fantastic
hungry starving
interesting fascinating
small minute
impossible
awful
difficult
goodhungryinteresting
small
bad fantastic
starving
fascinating
minute

8. IDENTIFY THE
INTENSIFIER IN
THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES.
U N D E R L I N E T H E I N T E N S I F I E R .

9. 1. David ran very fast.
2. It’s extremely hot in Africa.
3. These students are rather noisy.
4. The movie was absolutely amazing.
5. Javier is a little angry.
6. She is pretty intelligent.
7. Hannia draws very well.
8. It’s quite calm here.
9. Karina writes poems too
often.
10. The test was incredibly easy.
11. The students are studying
fairly hard.
12. I love you so much.

10. 1. David ran very fast.
2. It’s extremely hot in Africa.
3. These students are rather noisy.
4. The movie was absolutely amazing.
5. Javier is a little angry.
6. She is pretty intelligent.
7. Hannia draws very well.
8. It’s quite calm here.
9. Karina writes poems too
often.
10. The test was incredibly easy.
11. The students are studying
fairly hard.
12. I love you so much.

11. REFERENCES
British Council. (n.d.). Intensifiers. [online] Retrieved from:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar/intensifiers
Cambridge Dictionary. (2019). Intensifiers. [online] Retrieved from:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/adverbs-of-
degree/intensifiers-very-at-all

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