The document explains the difference between normal (base) and strong (extreme) adjectives, providing examples and usage rules. It emphasizes that 'absolutely' can only modify strong adjectives, while 'very' can only modify base adjectives, and 'really' can be used with both. The document also includes exercises for practicing the use of strong adjectives in context.

1. Let’s learn a little about
STRONG ADJECTIVES

2. Some adjectives are normal (or base) adjectives.
good, bad, dirty, pretty, cold, hot etc
NORMAL ADJECTIVES

3. • Other adjectives are strong (or extreme)
adjectives.
fantastic, awful, filthy, gorgeous etc.
STRONG ADJECTIVES

4. very – really – absolutely + adjective
 We can only use "absolutely" with a strong adjective e.g.
"absolutely fantastic."
 We can only use "very" with a base adjective
 e.g. "very good."
 "Very fantastic" or "absolutely good" are wrong.
 However we can use "really" with both base or strong adjectives.
STRONG ADJECTIVES

5. Here are some strong adjective examples for you:
STRONG ADJECTIVES
This man is more than angry
FURIOUS

6. This room is disgusting.I’ve never
seen so much dirt. It is absolutely
FILTHY

7. complicated.
These maths problems are extremely
………………
I I CANNOT WORK THEM
OUT. work them out.

8. STRONG ADJECTIVES
When our team lost the match we were utterly
……………oes he feel now
DEVASTATEDDEVASTATED

9. Very loud? Are you kidding? It was
DEAFENING

10. KNACKERED
I was ………….. after a nine-hour trip. I slept
heavily all night.

11. I CAN’T STAND THE WAY THEY
TREAT THEIR STAFF. IT IS VERY
DREADFUL

12. •
STRONG ADJECTIVES
disgusting enormous huge
Use the three words above to complete the following:
In order of size, there was a small man, a big man
and an _____ man. They all went to a restaurant
one day for a meal. The small man enjoyed his food
and ate it all. The big man however said the food
was ok but the ____ man, the biggest man of them
all said that the food was absolutely ______ and
that he would never eat in that restaurant again.

13. •
STRONG ADJECTIVES
What about this one? No clues this time:
The boy was talking to the two girls. He said to the first one,
“You’re very pretty”, but to the second girl, he just said,
“Wow! You’re ________ and I’d love to go to the movies with
you.” She said yes, so later that night, the boy and the
________ girl went to the movies and watched a Dracula film.
When it had finished and they were walking out, the boy said,
“That was a good film but I was quite scared watching it.” She
looked at him. Then he asked, “What did you think of it?” She
said, “It was the scariest film I’ve ever seen and I was really
________ near the end.”

14. •
STRONG ADJECTIVES
THE END

16. He had badly cut his
hand. It was bleeding
PROFUSELY

17. They are ……………. concerned
about security of people.
SERIOUSLY

18. TRULY -REALLY
They gave a ………………… magnificient
performance

19. How much money do we need to
do job …………….. ?
PROPERLY

20. Simon apologised …………… for the
mistake he did.But I won’t forgive
him.
PROFUSELY

21. The explosion ………………
destroyed the building.
COMPLETELY

22. Mary knew he had behaved
…………….. badly
EXTREMELY

23. It is not clear …………. how the
accident happened.
PRECISELY-EXACTLY

24. OBVIOUSLY