1. Worksheet
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Vocabulary: Extreme Adjectives & Modifiers
1 I am exhausted.
Exhausted means very tired.
In the box there are pairs of adjectives similar to tired and exhausted. Match them up.
GORGEOUS COLD BOILING HUGE
STARVING TINY BIG SURE How can we modify ordinary adjectives like
tired and extreme adjectives like freezing?
TIRED FASCINATING TERRIFIED
FRIGHTENED INTERESTING HUNGRY
BAD POSITIVE WONDERFUL 3 Complete these sentences using an
appropriate adjective from the box.
FREEZING AWFUL HOT SMALL
1. After the walk, we were ………………. as
BEAUTIFUL EXHAUSTED GOOD
we had not eaten all day.
2. The room was really …………………. He
had to stand on the bed to close the door.
• Can you think of any other pairs of
3. Can you close the window? It’s ………….
adjectives that operate in the same in here!
way? 4. Don’t eat in that restaurant! The food is
……………………. .
5. ‘You look great after your holiday!’ ‘Yes, I
2 look at the sentences and decide which ones feel ………………………!.’
are right and which are wrong. 6. He was so …………………….. when he
saw the spider that he fainted.
1. I’m very tired. 7. What a …………………….. dress! It’s the
2. I’m very exhausted. most beautiful one I’ve ever seen!
3. I’m absolutely exhausted. 8. The book was so …………………… that
4. I’m absolutely tired. she read it in one go.
5. I’m really tired. 9. They live in a …………………… house.
6. I’m really exhausted. It’s got ten bedrooms and six bathrooms.
10. I didn’t sleep well last night. I feel totally
• When can we use very, …………………….. .
absolutely, 11. I’m absolutely ………………… he used
and really? to be a policeman.
12. I’m not really very ………………... I had
a big breakfast.