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UNIT 6 RISK
Adverbs of
degree
• We can use adverbs to strengthen the meaning of adjectives.
The US has seen some extremely high awards for damages.
•
We can also use them to soften the meaning.
The report was slightly critical.
C) Grammar reference page 148
IJ Which of these adverbs strengthen the adjective which follow and which
soften it?
a bit entirely exceptionally extremely fairly fully highly increasingly
moderately quite rather reasonably slightly somewhat totally very
ll Complete these dialogues with a suitable adverb.
1 'What were your sales results like last year?'
' ............ good. I made my targets with two months to spare.'
2 'What's your new CEO like?
'Extremely talented and ............ intelligent. She brings out the best in people.'
3 'Do you really think we should invest in an ............ volatile market?'
'Well, first of all we should stay calm and review what we already own.'
4 'What did you think of the HR Director's presentation?'
'To be honest, I don't think she was ............ prepared. She seemed to be reading it
most of the time.'
5 'Are you confident that the merger will go ahead?'
' ............ confident, although we still need a few more meetings to sort out one or two
problems.'
B
In pairs, create short dialogues using some of the phrases below.
EXAMPLE: A: LQS't moritl-/5 5a le5 fi9ure5 5eem Wro09.
B: I tl-i irik tl-iey're fa irly accurate, but I'll cl-ieck if you like.
fairly accurate
incredibly well-prepared
absolutely awful
severely criticised
badly misjudged
deeply disappointed
slightly damaged
totally unrealistic
superbly presented
thoroughly enjoyed
Reaching
agreement
IJ >l) CD2.13 Following the brainstorming meeting in Unit 2 (page 19), the
team meets again to finalise plans for the sales conference. Listen to the
authentic meeting and note down what they agreed about these items.
1 Location
2 Workshop activities
3 Dinner
4 Month
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