Adverbs of Degree

Learn how to use adverbs of degree in English.
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Adverbs of Degree

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Adverbs of Degree

Point 1: Adverbs of degree are used to help express the intensity or extent of something.
  1. The bus stop is quite far away.
  2. My bag was almost too heavy.
  3. Her driving is too fast for me.
Point 2: They are usually placed before the adjective, verb, or other adverb they are trying to emphasise.
  1. The wind is really strong tonight.
  2. He can't jump very high.
  3. She is fairly scared of dogs.
Point 3: Adverbs of degree can be multiword phrases.
  1. The test was kind of fun.
  2. The game was sort of boring.
  3. His English was a little hard to understand.
Point 4: Adverbs of degree can very in intensity or degree.
  1. The test was extremely hard.
  2. The test was kind of hard.
  3. The test is not that hard.
  4. The test was not hard.
  5. The test was not hard at all.
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