Intensifying adverbs | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

Choose the incorrect one:  deeply unhappy  deeply successful  deeply committed  deeply religious

deeply successful Deeply collocates mainly with words associated with feelings; used slightly more in writing than in conversation.

Choose the incorrect one:  absolutely tired  absolutely devastated  absolutely convinced  absolutely absurd

absolutely tired Absolutely and (slightly more formal) utterly. tired is a simple adjective. say very tired

Choose the incorrect one:  bitterly regard  bitterly resent  bitterly criticize  bitterly regret

bitterly regard Bitterly carries a feeling of deep sadness; used slightly more in writing than in conversation

Choose the incorrect one.  highly educated  highly exhausted  highly profitable  highly unusual

highly exhausted Highly is used with some probability words (likely, unusual).

Choose the incorrect one:  strongly love  strongly influence  strongly dislike  strongly recommend

strongly love Strongly collocates with verbs, particularly verbs that relate to having an opinion

You must apologize immediately. It was a(n) ____________ remark to make.  utterly stupid  utterly ridiculous  deeply ashamed

utterly stupid

Everyone got more than 95% correct in the test; it was ___________________.  bitterly disappointing  utterly ridiculous  ridiculously easy

ridiculously easy

In the 1990s she ran a(n) ____________ company which made outstanding profits.  highly controversial  ridiculously cheap  highly successful

highly successful

When I realized how much my selfish behavior had upset everyone, I was _____________  deeply concerned  deeply ashamed  bitterly disappointing

deeply ashamed .

The flight from London to Rome was ________________________.It only cost 20 euros.  highly controversial  ridiculously cheap  highly successful

ridiculously cheap

The flight from London to Rome was ________________________.It only cost 20 euros.  highly controversial  ridiculously cheap  highly successful

ridiculously cheap

The exam results were ______________________ for the whole class. We had all expected to do much better.  deeply ashamed  highly successful  bitterly disappointing

bitterly disappointing

His father was a pacifist all his life and was _______________ to war.  utterly opposed  deeply concerned  deeply ashamed

utterly opposed

Some people love her new book; others are very angry about it. It is ___________  bitterly disappointing  highly controversial  utterly opposed

highly controversial

o 1. The flight from London to Rome was ________________________.It only cost 20 euros.  highly controversial  ridiculously cheap  highly successful

ridiculously cheap