British Council - Adjectives: gradable and non-gradable M10

 AGUSTINE SEKAR W - 10621013 - 3SA08

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        This time I took a Grammar lesson (B1-B2) about Adjectives: gradable and non-gradable. What did I learn? First, we were presented with the Grammar Test 1 quiz. Here, a trial quiz is provided first before discussing the material.

The material is divided into 2: Gradable adjectives and Non-gradable: absolute adjectives. 

    Gradable adjectives

Most adjectives are gradable. This means we can have different levels of that quality. For example, you can be a bit cold, very cold or extremely cold. We can make them weaker or stronger with modifiers:

• She was quite angry when she found out.
• The film we saw last night was really funny!
• It can be extremely cold in Russia in the winter.

    Non-gradable: absolute adjectives

Adjectives like amazing, awful and boiling are also non-gradable. They already contain the idea of 'very' in their definitions. If we want to make extreme adjectives stronger, we have to use absolutely or really:

• Did you see the final match? It was absolutely amazing!
• After 32 hours of travelling, they were absolutely exhausted.
• My trip home was really awful. First, traffic was really bad, then the car broke down and we had to walk home in the rain.

After understanding the material given, there is a Grammar 2 quiz!

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