Intensifiers

Intensifiers

Learn how to make adjectives stronger using intensifiers and do the exercises to practise using them.

Level: intermediate

We use words like very, really and extremely to make adjectives stronger:

It's a very interesting story.
Everyone was very excited.
It's a really interesting story.
Everyone was extremely excited.

We call these words intensifiers. Other intensifiers are:

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We also use enough to say more about an adjective, but enough comes after its adjective:

If you are seventeen, you are

Intensifiers with strong adjectives

Strong adjectives are words like:

old enough to drive a car.
I can't wear those shoes. They're not big enough.

We do not normally use very with these adjectives. We do not say something is very enormous or someone is very brilliant. With strong adjectives, we normally use intensifiers like:

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