Adverbs of Degree
Learn how to use adverbs of degree in English.
Adverbs of Degree
Point 1: Adverbs of degree are used to help express the intensity or extent of something.
- The bus stop is quite far away.
- My bag was almost too heavy.
- 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.
- The wind is really strong tonight.
- He can't jump very high.
- She is fairly scared of dogs.
Point 3: Adverbs of degree can be multiword phrases.
- The test was kind of fun.
- The game was sort of boring.
- His English was a little hard to understand.
Point 4: Adverbs of degree can very in intensity or degree.
- The test was extremely hard.
- The test was kind of hard.
- The test is not that hard.
- The test was not hard.
- The test was not hard at all.
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