Intensifiers

Intensifiers:

We use words like very, really and extremely to make adjectives stronger:

It’s a very interesting story
Everyone was very excited.
It’s a really interesting story.
Everyone was extremely excited

We call these words intensifiers. Other intensifiers are:

amazingly	exceptionally	incredibly
remarkably	particularly	unusually

We also use enough to say more about an adjective, but enough comes after its adjective:

If you are seventeen you are old enough to drive a car.
I can’t wear those shoes. They’re not big enough.

Intensifiers with strong adjectives:

Strong adjectives are words like:

enormous, huge = very big
tiny = very small
brilliant = very clever
awful; terrible; disgusting; dreadful = very bad
certain = very sure
excellent; perfect; ideal; wonderful; splendid = very good
delicious = very tasty

We do not normally use very with these adjectives. We do not say something is "very enormous" or someone is "very brilliant".

With strong adjectives, we normally use intensifiers like:

absolutely	completely	totally	utterly
really	exceptionally	particularly	quite

The film was absolutely awful.
He was an exceptionally brilliant child.
The food smelled really disgusting.

 

PRACTICE

 

Unit 4

GRAMMAR: Defining and Non-defining Relative clauses.

• Relative Clauses EXPLANATION.
• Activity: Unit 4 grammar(1)
• Activity: Unit 4 grammar(2)
• Activity: Unit 4 grammar(3)

VOCABULARY extra activities:

• Vocabulary unit4(1)
• Vocabulary unit4(2)

ANSWER KEY

• VERB TENSES ANSWER KEY
• UNIT 4 ANSWER KEY
• TENSES CHART

OPINION AND FOR AND AGAINST ESSAY

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Unit 4

SUMMARY:

Vocabulary 

•  Topic: Words from the text (guilty, activist, charged with, etc.) 
• Topic: The Environment (waste, global warming, landfill, etc.)
• Topic: Environmental awareness (supplies, damaged, disposed of, etc.)

 Grammar

Conditional clauses  

• Form
• Zero conditional
• First conditional
• Second conditional
• Third conditional

 Wish clauses

•  Form and use

Revision exercises (download)

More exercises with key for self-study (download)

• Set 1
• Set 2
• Set 3

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES

• Conditional Clauses EXPLANATION
• Conditional Clauses EXPLANATION2
• Spanish EXPLANATION
• CONDITIONAL CLAUSES EXPLANATION (Power Point)
• All types Conditionals
• Mixed Conditionals 2
• Sentence Transformation Conditionals

IF ONLY / I WISH

• If only-I wish 1
• I-WISH-IF-ONLY
• III Conditional-I wish-If only

OVER TO YOU 2 ACTIVITIES

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• grammar_unit_5_2star
• grammar_unit_5_3star

VOCABULARY REVISION

• vocabulary_unit_5_1star
• vocabulary_unit_5_2star
• vocabulary_unit_5_3star

Unit 3

MODAL VERBS

• Click here to learn MODAL VERBS meanings
• MODAL VERBS activities

PERFECT MODALS

• Explanation.
• Activities: Perfect Modals1, Perfect Modals2, Perfect Modals3.
• Over to you worksheets: Unit 3 grammar(1), Unit 3 grammar(2), Unit 3 grammar(3).

VOCABULARY

• Vocabulary unit3(1)
• Vocabulary unit3(2)

ON-LINE RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES

• Modal verbs1
• Modal verbs2
• Modal verbs3

Model Fax - Transportation

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are interested in using National Containers Ltd. to trasnport and deliver, door-to-door, a number of consignments in Europe over the next few months.

Our consignments consist of fragile crokery. An average crate measures 187x172x165 cm, and
weighs approximately 35 kg.

Could you please send a quotation and details of schedules. I would also be grateul for information about the necessary documentation.

Yours faithfully,

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Sales Manager

Model letter - Bank

The Counties Bank

60 City Road

Salford M5 4WT

2 February2016

Richard Grey

Grey Transport Ltd

350 Dock Street

Salford M6 3WT

Dear Mr Grey,

Further to our meeting on 28 January, I am sorry to inform you that we will not be able to offer you a bridging loan at the present time.

Our decision to turn down your request was influenced by the current economic recession, which has affected our policy on loans to all sectors of industry and commerce. Fuerthermore, our directors now insist that all loans shoud be covered by negotiable securities, such as shares or bonds.

You may, however, be able to raise the capital you need from other sources, such as finance houses. Nevertheless, I should warn you that such sources will probably charge a higher rate of interest than that levied by us.

Once again, I am sorry not to have better news for you, but hope that we may be of more help in the future.

Your sincerely,

John Steele

Manager