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Adverbs of Degree

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Adverbs of degree(sometimes also referred to as adverbs of quantity) describe to what degree, level orextent something is done.

almost

nearly

quite

just

too

enough

hardly

scarcely

completely

very

extremely

i!e all adverbs, they can refer to a verb, an adjectiveor another adverb.

"hen they refer to an action they are usually placed before the verb expressing that action.

# am almostdone$%he had had so much face lifting, we hardlyrecogni&ed her when she wal!ed into the room.

i!ewise, if they are meant to modify an adjective or another adverb they are placed before the adjective or

the adverb they modify.

'hey !now each other verywell.# am quitesure he can manage on his own.

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'oo

- ery / 0ot ery

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Enough

'he adverb of degree enoughmeans to the necessary degreeand it is placed after adjectives and adverbs.

#s your cocoa sweet enough2

3ou didn4t try hard enough.

"hen enoughis placed before a noun it no longer functions as an adverb, but as a determinermeaning as

much as it is necessary.

"e don5t have enoughmoney to refurbish our flat.3ou have enoughfirewood to see you through the winter.

"hen used with adjectives enoughcan be followed by:

* for somebody6something

'he room is big enough for three people.3ou are not qualified enough for this job.

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to 7 infinitive

#4m old enough to vote.

Jany is cra&y enough to jump offa plane without parachute, if you as!ed her to.

oo

'he adverb of degree toomeans more than is necessary or usefuland it is placed before adjectives and

adverbs.

3ou are too!ind with him.#5ve eaten toomuch ca!e$

"hen used with adjectives toocan be followed by:

* for somebody6something

'his car is too sportyfor you.'he actress you reccommended is too oldfor this role.

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3ou are too young to havechildren$

'heir report was too long to be read outin the meeting.

!ery " #ot !ery

'he adverb of degree veryis placed before an adjective or an adverb to intesify it.

'hat documentary on global warming was veryinteresting.

8ids learn languages veryeasily.

Not verycan be used to give a negative connotation to an adjective or an adverb. 'his allows us to !eep a

positive outloo!, which is often lac!ing when we use a word with the opposite meaning.

%ee which of these statements sounds more positive to you.

%he was useless.

%he was not very helpful.

#5m unhappy.

#5m not very happy.

James learns slowly.

James does not learn very quic!ly.

%he did badly in her driving test.

%he didn5t do very well in her driving test.

!ery vs oo

"hen we use verywe ma!e a statement and simply state a fact.

#t is very good.

9e spea!s very quic!ly.

"hen we use toowe tend to ma!e a subjective statement and imply there is a problem.

3ou wal! too quic!ly.

i.e. you are wal!ing so fast that # can4t !eep up#t is too good.

i.e. too good to be true # don4t believe it and # thin! there4s a problem

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