32374 gradable non gradable adjective

1 Match each adjective with its corresponding non-gradable adjective Hint: Most of the gradable adjectives have a comparative and superlative form Cold Hot Tired Dirty Small Big Clean Funny Angry 10 Good 11 Pretty/Beautiful 12 Ugly 13 Surprising 14 Frightened/Scared 15 Tasty 16 Difficult 17 Interesting 18 Old 19 Hungry A Tiny B Starving C Fantastic/Great/marvellous D Gorgeous E Delicious F Impossible G Terrified H Astounding/Amazing I Hilarious J Huge/Gigantic K Exhausted/Shattered L Spotless M Boiling N Filthy O Freezing P Ancient Q Fascinating R Hideous S Furious Fill in the gaps using the words in brackets: Hint: Gradable Extremely Very Rather (-) Pretty (+) Quite Fairly A bit Non- Gradable Both Absolutely Totally Quite When quite is used with a gradable adjective acts as rather, considerably When quite is used with a non-gradable acts as totally She finished the day exhausted (a bit/totally) Janis Joplin isn’t just a good singer She’s _fantastic (absolutely / very) The Serrano Towers in Valencia are _ high (absolutely/ pretty) Stonehenge is a interesting place (quite / rather) That friend of yours is _ lazy (absolutely /extremely) It was freezing this morning (a bit/ absolutely) Victoria, in my opinion, is mad (completely/ highly) Scarlett Johansson looked gorgeous at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony (Absolutely/rather) Maria is nice (absolutely /really) 10 Godella is a pretty town (quite/rather) 11 Ecuador is a great town (really/very) 12 It was a _simple invention (quite/remarkably) 13 Samantha is a _skilled computer technician (completely/highly) 14 Sean lives a stressful life (quite/very) 15 Gerard cooks _well (Absolutely/fairly) 16 The concert was _wonderful (absolutely/extremely) 17 Botero’s sculptures are _well-known (absolutely/very) Complete the sentences using a suitable extreme adjective 1 It’s extremely hot in here, isn’t it? Yes, it’s _ After walking 10 km we were I was to discover that he was a convicted criminal! He looked so shy and kind The food was good but the service was We waited for one hour for our main course Can we have some lunch? I’m Did you like the book? Yes, actually, I found it _ Of course I’ll go to your party! I’ll be ! Circle the Correct answer Example: He was rather old for her / He was fairly old for her 1.She is a fairly nice girl / She is a very nice girl I love her 2.It's quite an impressive show / It's pretty an impressive show 3.She has a rather strange way of speaking / She has a fairly strange way to speak Aren't we driving rather fast? / Aren't we driving quite fast? 5.That boy is quite good at tennis / That boy is very good at tennis Of course he's still got a lot to learn She's got a rather good voice / She's got quite a good voice His wife is rather older than he is / His wife is quite older than he is 8.We've invited rather too many people / We've invited fairly too many people 9.It's quite too difficult for us /It's rather too difficult for us 10.It's a very good idea / It's a fairly good idea I love it! Select the correct answer ‘How was the movie?’ ‘………………………………… good Not the best one I have seen this year.’ a) fairly b) quite c) rather d) pretty I ……………………………… think we are going to lose a) pretty b) rather c) surely d) very We are having …………………………………… a bit of trouble with the kids just now a) rather b) quite c) pretty d) fairly You are …………………………………… the most interesting woman I have ever known a) rather b) quite c) pretty d) fairly She didn’t run ……………………………… fast enough for a record a) pretty b) rather c) quite d) fairly We were ……………………………………… hoping you could stay to supper a) rather b) pretty c) quite d) fairly I speak French ………………………………………… well – enough for everyday purposes a) pretty b) rather c) quite d) fairly