3 | Find the strong versions of these gradable adjectives from the text. scary interesting surprised big tired dirty hungry pleased

4 | Look at the boldfaced modifiers in the article. Which of them do we use with gradable adjectives (G), strong adjectives (S) or both types of adjective (B)?

really (★★★), completely (★★★), absolutely (★★★), quite (★★★), very (★★★), a bit (★★★), extremely (★★★), fairly (★★★)
GRAMMAR TARGET
Modifiers with gradable and non-gradable adjectives
Study the rules and examples on Page 139 before you do the following tasks.

5 | Match the gradable adjectives to their strong versions.

A: big, small, cold, hot, good, pleased, angrg, bad |  | B: ting, furious, fantastic, huge, freezing, boiling, delighted, awful

6 | Choose the correct option. 0. Her performance as a team leader was absolutely/very fantastic. 1. When I entered college, I was really/completely happy. 2. The music at the event was a bit/absolutely awful. 3. Our instructor is quite/extremely amazing. 4. The hall was very/totally full. 5. I felt fairly/absolutely exhausted after my first day at trade school. 6. The room was quite/a bit big for such an event.

7 | Listen to the speakers and choose the best paraphrased option. | ▶Track 18

1. The weather in Canada is ★. 2. His first performance was ★. 3. Today the food was ★. 4. People who were at the workshop were ★. | a) fairly hot a) rather good a) absolutely delicious a) absolutely delighted | b) a bit cold b) really bad b) really tasty b) a bit happy | c) extremely cold c) quite good c) quite tasty c) fairly pleased

8 | Follow the instructions.
| Go to page 128. |  |  | Go to page 129.