Intensifying adverbs

​I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel.

​What's the use of SO in the previous sentence?

Multiple Choice

​What's the use of SO in the previous sentence?

• To introduce a new topic

• To show a consequence

• To give extra emphasis on something

• To help the reader understand a specific idea

Open Ended

Taking into account the following examples, which parts of the speech go after SO?

​I never thought he was capable of doing something so cruel.

She plays the piano so well

Can you identify the mistake in the previous sentence?

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​They are such a professionals

Open Ended

​They are such a professionals

Can you identify the mistake in the previous sentence? Explain it!

Multiple Select

Taking into account the previous sentence and the mistake you identify, from the following options,which would be the correct rules?

​They are such a professionals

• Add the article a/an before singular countable nouns

• Add the article a/an before singular uncountable nouns

• Do not use article a/an before plural nouns

• Some plural nouns can go after the articles a/an

​Gradable adjectives:

​We can have different levels of that quality.

Multiple Choice

Read the next sentence. Identify the intensifying adverb, the word it intensifies and the type of word:

- I'm very pleased to welcome the famous singer Wilfrido Vargas

• - Very

  - Pleased

  - Verb

• - Very

  - Welcome

  - Famous singer

• - Pleased

  - famous singer

  - Adjective

• - Very

  - Pleased

  - Adjective

These adjectives describe absolute or extreme qualities.

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​Non-gradable adjectives

Multiple Choice

Analyze the following parts of adjective intensification. Identify the sentence that exemplifies those parts:

- Non-gradable adverb

- Non-gradable Adjective

• People who are incredibly strong can lift heavy weights

• She was quite angry when she found out.

• I must say some of them are absolutely stunning

• It can be really freezing in winter.