Adverb vs.

Adjective
Warm Up:

Adverb:

Adjective:

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Adjective Placement in Sentences:

determiner

opinion

age

origin

(noun)

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Can you recall the placement

of adverbs in sentences?
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Adjective Gradability:

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Gradable Adjectives:

grading adverb
gradable adjective
a little / a bit
angry
dreadfully
big
extremely
busy
fairly
clever
hugely
cold
immensely
deep
intensely
fast
rather
hot
+ important
reasonably
slightly
long
unusually
popular
very
rich
...
strong
tall
warm
weak
young
...

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Non-gradable Adjectives:

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non-grading adverbs
absolutely
utterly
completely
totally
nearly
virtually
essentially
mainly
almost
...

non-gradable adjectives
awful
(extreme)
excellent
terrified
dead
(absolute)
impossible
unique
chemical
(classifying)
digital
domestic
...

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Instead of trying to learn lists of gradable and non-gradable adjective/adverb, it's better to understand
what makes an adjective gradable or non-gradable. This is a matter of logic and common sense.

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4. B
5. A

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Answer Key:
1. C
2. C
3. C