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The trip was pretty good, overall.
CORRECT! pretty/quite/fairly = more than 'a little', less than 'a lot'
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The bus was slightly late - about ten minutes.
CORRECT! slightly/a bit/a little ('a bit' is more informal than the others)
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monster
Reset all scores!
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seesaw
Swap points!
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gift
Win 15 points!
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banana
Go to last place!
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He was driving a bit too fast for my liking - I asked him to slow down.
CORRECT! we often use 'a bit' with negative ideas to make them seem less negative
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I was really scorching when I first saw Taj Mahal.
INCORRECT! 'scorchig' is non-gradable (it means 'very hot') so we can't use 'really/a little/a bit'
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I was rather disappointed with the accommodation.
CORRECT! we use 'rather' with surprising/negative ideas instead of 'fairly/pretty'
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It was extremely impossible to get a cheap train ticket.
INCORRECT! with non-gradable (or 'strong') adjectives we use 'absolutely/completely/totally/utterly'
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thief
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magnet
Take 20 points!
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rocket
Go to first place!
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lifesaver
Give 15 points!
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My sister got absolutely angry when she found out her trip was canceled.
INCORRECT! we can say 'absolutely furious' (non-gradable) or 'really/very/extremely angry' (gradable)
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I was completely tired after such a long journey.
INCORRECT! 'tired' is a gradable adjective so we can use 'very/really/extremely' to make it stronger
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