Tham khảo tài liệu 'the use of refkexive pronouns 8', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 115 Adverbs of degree . very quite Laura is a bit tired. She s been working all morning. An adverb of degree makes the Mark is quite tired. He s been working all day. meaning weaker or stronger. Here are Sarah is very tired. She s had to work late at the office. some more examples. SMALL DECREE weaker a little late slightly complicated MEDIUM DEGREE fairly unusual pretty good rather nice LARGE DEGREE stronger absolutely sure really ill completely mad extremely cold B Very cold quite quickly etc An adverb of degree . very goes before an adjective . cold or an adverb . quickly . ADVERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB ADVERB It s very cold today. The time passed quite quickly. Rita looked rather upset. We go on holiday fairly soon. This dress is absolutely marvellous. United played extremely well. Before a comparative we can use a bit a little a lot far much rather and slightly. See also Unit 112B. I m feeling a lot better today. These new trains go much faster. C Really hurting quite enjoys etc Some adverbs of degree can describe a verb. They usually go in mid position close to the verb see Unit 113B . My foot is really hurting. Laura quite enjoys shopping. I rather like this cake. Some adverbs of degree go at the end ol a sentence when they describe a verb. They are a bit a little a lot awfully much and terribly. Mark travels a lot. I ll open the window a little. The animals suffer terribly. Absolutely completely and totally can go in mid position or at the end. We completely lost our way We lost our way completely. I m afraid I totally disagree. I m afraid I disagree totally. D Much Now look at these sentences. Positive I like this town very much NOT I like this town much Negative don t like this town very much OR I don t like this town much. In a positive statement we use very much. In a negative statement we can use either very much or much. 116 More about quite and rather 117 Too and enough 115 Exercises 1 Very quite a bit etc A Write sentences using one of the .
