Adverbs of Degree From ICALwiki Jump to: navigation, search Adverbs of degree (sometimes also referred to as adverbs of quantity)

describe to what degree, level or extent something is done. almost nearly quite just too enough hardly scarcely completely very extremely

i!e all adverbs, they can refer to a verb, an adjective or another adverb. "hen they refer to an action they are usually placed before the verb expressing that action. # am almost done$ %he had had so much face lifting, we hardly recogni&ed her when she wal!ed into the room. i!ewise, if they are meant to modify an adjective or another adverb they are placed before the adjective or the adverb they modify. 'hey !now each other very well. # am quite sure he can manage on his own.

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* +nough , 'oo - .ery / 0ot .ery 1 .ery vs 'oo

Enough 'he adverb of degree enough means to the necessary degree and it is placed after adjectives and adverbs. #s your cocoa sweet enough2 3ou didn4t try hard enough. "hen enough is placed before a noun it no longer functions as an adverb, but as a determiner meaning as much as it is necessary. "e don5t have enough money to refurbish our flat. 3ou have enough firewood to see you through the winter. "hen used with adjectives enough can be followed by: * for somebody6something 'he room is big enough for three people. 3ou are not qualified enough for this job. . , to 7 infinitive #4m old enough to vote. Jany is cra&y enough to jump off a plane without parachute, if you as!ed her to.

oo 'he adverb of degree too means more than is necessary or useful and it is placed before adjectives and adverbs. 3ou are too !ind with him. #5ve eaten too much ca!e$ "hen used with adjectives too can be followed by: * for somebody6something 'his car is too sporty for you. 'he actress you reccommended is too old for this role. ,. to 7 infinitive

3ou are too young to have children$ 'heir report was too long to be read out in the meeting.

!ery " #ot !ery 'he adverb of degree very is placed before an adjective or an adverb to intesify it. 'hat documentary on global warming was very interesting. 8ids learn languages very easily. Not very can be used to give a negative connotation to an adjective or an adverb. 'his allows us to !eep a positive outloo!, which is often lac!ing when we use a word with the opposite meaning. %ee which of these statements sounds more positive to you. %he was useless. %he was not very helpful.

#5m unhappy. #5m not very happy.

James learns slowly. James does not learn very quic!ly.

%he did badly in her driving test. %he didn5t do very well in her driving test.

!ery vs oo "hen we use very we ma!e a statement and simply state a fact. #t is very good. 9e spea!s very quic!ly. "hen we use too we tend to ma!e a subjective statement and imply there is a problem. 3ou wal! too quic!ly. i.e. you are wal!ing so fast that # can4t !eep up #t is too good. i.e. too good to be true: # don4t believe it and # thin! there4s a problem ;etrieved from <http:66icalweb.com6wi!i6index.php2title=>dverbs?of?@egree<