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adverbs

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Which adverb makes the adjective the strongest? 👉 "I am ____ happy."

D) pretty

B) a bit

A) extremely

C) fairly

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Which adverb fits best? "The film was ____ amazing!"

a bit

slightly

totally

fairly

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Which adverb makes the adjective the strongest? "I am ____ sure about my answer."

a little

completely

somewhat

fairly

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Which adverb fits with the gradable adjective? "The weather is ____ cold today."

absolutely

extremely

totally

completely

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Which adverb is not possible? "She was ____ exhausted after the marathon."

absolutely

very

totally

completely

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Which adverb weakens the adjective? "The teacher was ____ pleased with our work."

really

somewhat

extremely

very

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Is this adverb strong 💪 or weak 🪶? "Somewhat"

weak

strong

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Is it right or wrong? "She was totally tired after work."

❌Tired" is a gradable adjective (it has different degrees: a little tired, very tired, extremely tired).

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Fix the sentence: "She was a bit delighted."

'delighted' is an extreme adjective, it needs a strong adverb. She was absolutely/completely/extremely delighted.

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Which word does NOT belong? "completely - extremely - slightly - absolutely"

slightly ✅ (because it is a weak adverb)

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"He is quite tired after work."

Weaker

Stronger

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"The task was quite impossible to complete."

weaker

stronger

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"The hotel was quite terrible." Is this sentence right or wromg?

💡 Answer: "Quite terrible" means completely terrible, so the sentence is correct if you mean it was very bad.

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"The hotel was quite terrible." Make this sentence weaker, but keep 'quite'!

✅ If you want to weaken the sentence, change it to: "The hotel was quite bad."

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Right or wrong? "I felt completely excited for the trip."

❌ "Excited" is a gradable adjective, so "completely" doesn’t fit.

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"We were quite angry about the decision."

'quite' reduces the gradable adjective 'angry', so this is ok.

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