english grammer

English grammar

Lesson 2 - adverbs: degree

Adverbs of Degree/ Extent

The words the tell us the degree or what extent the verb is modified are called adverbs of degree.

Examples:

• a. These shoes are too big for you.

• b. This is very difficult question.

• c. The room was quite dark and we could not see anything.

• d. Karin did very well in the examination.

• e. Anand won his match pretty easily.

• f. The sun had nearly set when we reached home.

Explanations:

• In a, the adverb too tells us how big the shoes are.

• In b, the adverb very tells us how difficult the question was.

• In c, the adverb quite tells us how dark the room was.

• In d, the adverb very tells us how well Kiran did in the examination.

• In e, the adverb pretty tells us how easily Anand won the match.

• In f, the adverb nearly tells us how closely the sunset.