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USE OF INTENSIFIERS

Adverbs are words used to describe a verb, an adjective or another verb. They tell us more about a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Examples are gently, loudly, beautifully, fearfully, slowly, etc.

Intensifiers are words that are used to strengthen the meaning of other expressions and show more emphasis. They are used to add more meaning in a sentence that contains a verb, an adjective or adverb.

EXAMPLES OF INTENSIFIERS

Examples of intensifiers are;

So
too
Very
Really
Totally
Extremely
at all
Completely
super, etc.

Forming sentences with intensifiers

The following sentences contain intensifier

	Intensifiers	Sentences
1	very	The water is very hot.
2	too	She is too busy.
3	pretty	She’s pretty brilliant.
4	really	Do you really mean it?
5	strongly	I strongly disagree.
6	quite	It is quite calm here
7	so	He is so kind to us.
8	At all	I don’t like his character at all.
9	extremely	My house is extremely clean.
10	such	Yesterday was such a hot day.

EVALUATION

____________ add more meaning to a sentence. A. Noun B. Intensifiers C.Verb D. Pronoun
One of the following is not an example of intensifiers. A. too B. very C. write D. so
What is the intensifier in this sentence “I don’t like his character at all.” A. I B. don’t C. his D. at all.
What is the intensifier in this sentence “He is so kind to us.” A. is B so C. to B. us

THEORY