Extreme Adjectives

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An Intermediate Vocabulary Worksheet

1. Denitions

Read the following sentences.

That dress is unique. There is no other dress like it.
That dress is more unique than any others I have seen.
There are some adjectives like unique which cant be used with more or the most.
These adjectives are complete in themselves. They are called absolutes.
Think about the word perfect. This song is perfect! I love it!
If a song is perfect, it is perfect. This song cant be more perfect than another song, because if the
other song is also perfect, then they are equal.
We could describe the other song as nearly perfect, but something cannot be more or less or the
most perfect.
This song will be perfect for my nale. The other song is almost perfect but there is something
missing. Im not quite sure what it is.
2. Look at the following sentences from an article about a movie.
The word fantastic is a strong or limit adjective.
Another adjective with a similar but less strong meaning
is excellent.
excellent
excellent.
We cannot put very in front of a strong adjective.
Instead we have to use adverbs like absolutely or
completely or not use an adverb at all.
Look at the following examples:
surprising news (correct); very surprising news (correct); astonishing news (correct); very astonishing news (incorrect).

2. Complete The Table

Look at the table below. Fill in the cells with one or more adjectives. The rst one is done for you as an example.
Adjectives

Strong Adjectives

Adjectives Strong Adjectives

good

great, excellent, fantastic

hot

spotless

terrible
cold

Strong Adjectives
elated, overjoyed

lthy

big
tasty

Adjectives

gorgeous, beautiful
angry
tiny, microscopic

3. Fill In The Gaps

Complete each sentence with an adjective from the table.
a. That dinner was absolutely _______________. Thank you very much.
b. Kids, your room is _______________! Dont come out until youve cleaned it.
c. Where I live, it is very _______________ in the summertime.
d. That was a very _______________ lm. I want to see it again.
e. Thats a very _______________ cut. I think you need to see a doctor.
f. Most bacteria are ______________. You need a microscope to see them.
g. I was _______________ to see my brother. It was fantastic as I hadnt seen him in 10 years.
h. My new dress is absolutely _______________. I bought it for the prom and I cant wait to wear it!
i. Kids, your room has to be completely ______________ before you can go anywhere today.
j. The Titanic was a _______________ liner in its day. Now, however, there are many bigger ships.
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TEACHERS' NOTES AND ANSWER KEY

To read more about these adjectives, you might like to read the Anna Grammar, Absolute Adjectives.
2: Complete The Table- Suggested Answers

Adjectives

Strong Adjectives

Adjectives

Strong Adjectives

Adjectives

Strong Adjectives

good

great, excellent, fantastic

hot

boiling

happy

elated, overjoyed

clean

spotless

dirty

lthy

pretty

gorgeous, beautiful

big

enormous, gigantic, vast, huge

bad

terrible

angry

furious

tasty

scrumptious, delicious

cold

freezing

small

tiny, microscopic

3: Fill In The Gaps

a. scrumptious / delicious; b. lthy; c. hot; d. good; e. bad, f. microscopic, g. elated
/ overjoyed; h. gorgeous; i. spotless, j. gigantic / enormous;

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