Page 3 - 1001 A+ Question Bank Grammar Year 5

1 Adverbs of Degree

Get Set Audio

©PAN ASIA PUBLICATIONS

1 Adverbs of degree:
• Answer the question how much or how little (the degree)
• Are used before an adjective or adverb
Example: Ali is tired. (This sentence does not tell us how tired Ali is.)
Ali is very tired. (This sentence tells us how tired Ali is.)
• Tell us how strong or how weak an adjective or adverb is

Examples: Eric is quite a good runner.

Tom is a really good runner.

John is an extremely good runner.

2 How to use adverbs of degree:

Type Example

Strong adverbs of degree (i) Krishnan is very good at English as he got
Example: simply, very, really, 85 marks for English.
extremely, totally, too (ii) Samy is really good at English as he got
90 marks for English.
(iii) Maria is extremely good at English as she
got 98 marks for English.
(iv) Krishnan is simply happy as he got high
marks for English.
(v) Maria is totally happy as she got the highest
marks in English.

1