Adverbs of degree - unit 6 upper int

Adverbs of degree

By Jessica Scoullar

Adverbs

Adverbs are words we use to add information to a verb, adjective or even another adverb. They give us information about how much or how strong/weak something is (degree), how something is done (manner), time or how often something happens (frequency), where something happens (place) or connections between ideas or sequence (conjunctions).

Match

Match the adverb type to it's function.

• manner

• degree

• frequency

• place

• time

how something is done

how much or how intense something is

how often something happens

where something happens

when something happens

• how something is done

• how much or how intense something is

• how often something happens

• where something happens

• when something happens

Adverbs of degree

Adverbs of degree can tell us
- there is a lot of something: a lot, many, much.

- there is a small amount of something: little, a bit, some, any, none.

- something is increasing in intensity/amount: more, too, so, even, way, entirely.

- something is decreasing in intensity/amount: slightly, almost, partially, barely, hardly, less.

Categorize

Options (16)

a little

a few

a bit

some

less

fewer

slightly

quite

a lot

many

much

a lot of

even

extremely

so

too

Organize these options into the right categories

a small amount

a smaller amount

a large amount

a larger amount

Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable nouns are things we can count - pens, cups, people, problems etc.

Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count (easily): most liquids (water, coffee, soup), most powders (sugar, salt), concepts (advice, trouble, love), processes (deliberation, production, most nouns ending in -tion or -ation) and categories (food, furniture, fish)

Countable nouns

Countable nouns can be singular or plural (add -s).

Countable nouns can be used with the article a/an in the singular form.

The verb after a singular countable noun has an -s added to it: has/is/does/goes/finishes/knows

The verb after a plural countable noun does not have an -s added to it: have/are/do/go/finish/know

Uncountable nouns

Cannot be made plural - no -s added

Cannot be used with a/an as this means one.

Treated as a singular noun for verb modification - add -s to the verb: has/is/does/goes/finishes/knows

You can change an uncountable noun into a countable noun by making it countable - water = a glass of water; paper = a piece of paper

Categorize

Options (16)

pen

cat

person

cup of coffee

computer

problem

piece of advice

book

water

sand

information

music

furniture

advice

happiness

traffic

Organize these nouns into countable and uncountable.

Countable

Uncountable

quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns

​countable only	​both	​uncountable only
​many few several a couple a pair of	​some any none no a lot/a lot of all	​much a great deal of less a little a bit/a bit of plenty of

Some quantifiers can only be used with countable or uncountable nouns and others can be used with both.

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How ​

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apples are in the fridge?

After ​

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deliberation we have decide to buy the business.

I crashed my dad's car. I am in ​

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trouble.

You can have more of that, there is ​

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food to go around.



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people have asked me how to use the new software.

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many

so much

plenty of

Several

much

more

Adverbs of degree as quantifiers

Adverbs of degree will change the intensity or amount of a verb, adjective or adverb. Look at these examples for the adjective 'hot'.

​A small amount:

It is a bit hot.
It is a little hot.
It is quite hot.
It is barely hot.
It is slightly hot.
It is only just hot.

​A large amount:

It is very hot.
It is extremely hot.
It is too hot.
It is way too hot.
It is so hot.

​A decreasing amount:

It is less hot.
It is not as hot as...

​An increasing amount:

It is increasingly hot
It is even hotter
It is more hot

Adverbs of degree as quantifiers

Adverbs of degree will change the intensity or amount of a verb, adjective or adverb. Look at these examples for the verb 'move'.

​A small amount:

It moved a bit.
It only just moved.
It moved slightly.
It moved a little.
It barely moved.
It hardly moved.

​A large amount:

It moved a lot.
It moved much.
It moved a good deal.

​A decreasing amount:

It moved less.
It moved decreasingly.
It didn't move as much.

​An increasing amount:

It moved even more.
It moved more.
It moved increasingly

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The weather reports say that tomorrow will be​

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hotter than today.

I think that rock is alive. I swear I saw it move​

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.

$1500 for a shopping bag? That is way​

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much money.

On Black Saturday it was 47 degrees Celsius in Melbourne. That is ​

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hot.

I only ​

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made the train. I had to run all the way down the platform.

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even

slightly

too

extremely

just

less

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I was ​

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upset when my boyfriend forgot my birthday.

I was ​

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excited when I realised he hadn't and had organised a surprise party.

He did order ​

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too much food.

There was so ​

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left over that we were eating cake for a week.

I really couldn't have asked for ​

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.

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very

so

way

much

more

quite