Qualifiers

Grammar: Qualifiers

​quite, pretty, fairly (w/ positive ideas)

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Life's pretty/quite/fairly good here.

Life has quite a gentle rhythm.

They charge us a fairly/pretty reasonable rent.​

​Qualifier + Adjective pg 35

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rather

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It's a rather ordinary kind of town.

It's rather an ordinary kind of town.

The town is rather ordinary.​

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​Qualifier + Adjective pg 35

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​not very, not particularly

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It's not particularly/very smart either.

​Qualifier + Adjective pg 35

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quite, rather, not particularly (with like, enjoy, want)

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I quite/rather enjoy that.

I didn't particularly like that.​

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​Qualifier + Verb pg 35

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​slightly, a little, a bit

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It might be cheating slightly/a little/a bit . . .

That's changing slightly/a little/a bit now.​

​Qualifier + Verb pg 35

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Let's Begin!

The following questions are going to ask you where to put a certain qualifier, choose the correct answer.

Multiple Choice

I always feel excited when I move to a new town.

(Where should you put the qualifier pretty?)

• before "feel"

• before "excited"

• before "move"

• before "new"

Multiple Choice

Liverpool used to be a busy port in the last century.

(Where should you put the qualifier fairly?)

• after "Liverpool"

• after "to"

• after "a"

• after "the"

Multiple Select

We wanted to visit Verona, but there wasn't time.

(Where should you put the qualifier quite?)

• before "wanted"

• before "visit"

• before "wasn't"

• before "time"

Multiple Choice

Industry in the town has declined in the last thirty years.

(Where should you put the qualifier slightly?)

• after "Industry"

• before "has"

• after "declined"

• before "last"

Multiple Choice

After moving to the country, we regretted our decision.

(Where should you put the qualifier a bit?)

• before "to"

• after "country"

• before "our"

• after "decision"

Multiple Select

The museum isn't interesting, if you don't like local history.

(Where should you put the qualifier particularly?)

• before "isn't"

• after "isn't"

• before "like"

• after "like"

Let's Begin!

These next questions are going to be "fill-in-the-blank".

Reorder

A: Do you like where you live now?

B: I _________ (1) like it, but it's not a _________ (2) lively place. Don't get me wrong: the people are __________ (3) friendly and they've welcomed us very warmly. We've just had to adapt ___________ (4) after living in a big city like London.

• quite

• particularly

• pretty

• a little

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2

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4

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• 2
• 3
• 4

Reorder

C: We've just moved into a new housing estate.

D: What's it like?

C: To be honest, it's _________ (1) modern and characterless. I'm _________ (2) confident it'll get better with time as more people move in. But at the moment we're struggling __________ (3) to enjoy it.

• a bit

• fairly

• slightly

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3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Let's Begin!

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Find the qualifiers from today, the adjectives and the types of towns​ from yesterday