Improve Your Vocabulary: Adverbs of Intensity

Are you tired of using the same old adverbs – very, really, so, a little...? In this lesson, learn to expand your vocabulary with a wide range of adverbs that will add complexity and nuance to your speech. Study with me and learn adverbs like somewhat, utterly, totally, completely, thoroughly, quite, slightly, a bit, and plenty of others. Learn and laugh with this intense English lesson! I guarantee you’ll be thoroughly satisfied. Take the quiz on this lesson at https://www.engvid.com/improve....-your-vocabulary-adv

Next, watch these other vocabulary lessons I've done:

1. 20 Intransitive Phrasal Verbs in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGsLrtjfE_M&list=PLrPhmmx5j5b-AjltXcrLI4iiqF7lsj_P8&index=7

2. Permanent Plurals in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TplKXtV-90&list=PLrPhmmx5j5b-AjltXcrLI4iiqF7lsj_P8&index=12

TRANSCRIPT

Whoa, you are way too intense, buddy. Woo. Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on adverbs of intensity or adverbs of degree. So, are you tired of constantly saying: "I'm very tired", "I'm so tired", "I'm really tired", "I'm a little tired", and that's it; you only have four adverbs you use again and again? Well, this lesson is going to fix that problem. I am going to give you a ton of different options that you can use to, for example, modify your adjectives, your adverbs, and even your verbs. Okay? So we're going to go all the way from: "ehh..." to "kind of intense", to "pretty intense", to "OH MY GOD SO INTENSE!" Okay?

So, let's start on this side with: "ehh..." Okay? So, here we have: "a little", which I think most people learn as, like, their first adverb of degree to talk about something that's, you know, kind of there, kind of not. "A little". "A bit" is another word that you can say, instead of "a little". Or: "slightly". Okay? So, for example: "I'm a little hungry. Yeah, I'm a bit tired. Yeah, it's slightly cold in here." Okay? So: "a little", "a bit", "slightly". This is just poquito. Okay? I only know it in Spanish. Or troche in Polish. That's all I know. Un puh en Fran�ais. Okay? Teach me the other words in your languages in the comments. Okay?

So, next: "kind of intense". So, you can say: "fairly", like: "I'm fairly sure they're going to win". "rather": "I'm rather certain", okay? "somewhat", so: "Mm, it was somewhat boring". "moderately": "They played moderately well". "considerably": "This movie was considerably better than the last movie." Okay? "nearly": "I nearly fell" or "I nearly died" if you want to, you know, use something that's a bit more idiomatic and not literal. "kind of": "I mean, I'm kind of excited, I guess." Okay? "sort of". "kind of", "sort of" - same group of words. I have a video on "kind of" and "sort of" that you can check out. It means a little; not really. Okay? So: "kind of", "sort of". "Yeah, I mean it was sort of okay, I guess." Okay? And: "noticeably": "The movie was noticeably better than I remember." Okay?

Next: "pretty intense". We have: "awfully", "pretty", "really", "so", "very", "mostly", and "quite". Okay? So, let's use some examples. These are just examples that come to my mind, which should let you know that these are very, very common combinations that we use with these adverbs. So: "It was awfully hot yesterday." All right? "I'm pretty sure that's right. I'm pretty sure that's incorrect". "really": "They played really terribly." Okay? Or: "They played really... They played really well.", "They played so poorly.", "They played very elegantly", maybe. Maybe not "elegantly", but, you know: "very tired", "very hungry". "very" you can use with everything pretty much. Okay? "mostly": "We're mostly finished this chart; mostly done." Okay? Mostly good. "quite": "It was quite good.", "I'm quite certain that this video is going to improve your English."

"OH MY GOD SO INTENSE!" So hot. Okay? Ready, Totoro? Yeah. Okay. So, we have: "completely" which is like 100%. Okay? So: "They got completely destroyed", if you're talking about sports and one team destroyed the other team 10-nothing in a game of, I don't know, soccer, or hockey, or baseball. "totally": "It was totally worth it." Okay? "thoroughly": "Huh, I am thoroughly impressed. You cleaned your room very well. Thoroughly impressed." So, "thoroughly" is another way to say: in all areas, completely, totally. Okay? "thoroughly". "Thoroughly impressed; satisfied".

"absolutely": "It was absolutely magical." Okay? Like, the original Lord of the Rings trilogy was absolutely magical. I went to a Lord of the Rings concert recently, which for me, was absolutely magical. Okay? "perfectly": "I am perfectly satisfied. I'm perfectly happy". "extremely": "It was extremely cold." Okay? "utterly": "It was utterly awful." Okay? So, all of these are basically synonyms for the word "completely". If you want the 100% translated definition, I recommend checking out something like a Google Translate... […]