Intensifiers

A common structure for an intensifier is:

• verb + pronoun

• pronoun + verb

• adjective + intensifier

• intensifier + adjective

What sentence of these is correct?

• I am old enough to drive

• Her cooking is very tasty

What is the structure of this sentence:

She is a bit younger than I am.

• Mitigator (Intensifier) + adjective

• Mitigator (Intensifier) + superlative

• Mitigator (Intensifier) + comparative adjective

Is there an intensifier in the sentence?

This pie is tasty

• True

• False

Which sentence has an intensifier?

• The delegation is late.

• Last week's test was easy

• My dad is tall

• The film was absolutely awful

I am _________ tired

• Highly

• Dangerously

• Seriously

• Very

What is the strong intensifier?

• Completely

• Rather

• A little

• Very

What is the weakest intensifier?

• Completely

• Cather

• Not at all

• Very

It was a __________ day

• Perfect

• Total

• Complete

• Absolute

France is a much __________ country than Britain

• bigger

• taller

• old

• biggest