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 www.engvid.com/improve-your-v...
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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... […]
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I love your hand writing and whenever I write anything on my notebook, I always try to write like you, excellent lesson. Thanks Alex!
@annaalbert6601
5 жыл бұрын
In Italiano "un pochino" Bye and thank you
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Khyber. I try to keep it as clear as possible.
@jamalsalama5805
3 жыл бұрын
In Somalian "jaw jaw" means Bye Bye Thanks Alex,
Alex, I'm absolutely excited about the way you teach! Perfectly simple, really clear. Thank you!
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson. :)
Thank you sir for explaining in detail 👍👍🙏🙏 I got the point Lots of love and support ❤️🙏🇳🇵
Thanks,i was waiting for your lesson. Your are an excellent teacher.may god protect you
Hi Alex ! I'm absolutely certain that you're perfectly an excellent teacher. Your videos are totally understandable, they are really explained in easy ways. Thanks a lot ! Till next time.
Amazing!! Thank you so much!
Hello Alex. I'm Mexican and I really appreciate your time to create these videos because they're helping me in my advanced course. Thanks (with my tongue between my teeth). Hugs.
Hi Alex,hi everyone. As always i took the quiz before watching the video. I wanted to check how good my vocabulary is. I got 9/10. I made a little mistake in 7 question. I choose the answer “considerably”. I think it’s correct too. Synonyms of “very” are: Considerably, Extremely, Substantially, Significantly, Absolutely, and i assume there are more of them. However when i was taking the quiz I hadn’t known that awfully can be used as “Very” I always thought it can be used only for bad, negatives things like “badly or unpleasantly” But now i know we can say. I’m awfully happy i could watch this strikingly useful lesson. Thanks to you i’ve learned a bit of vocabulary again. Many thanks Alex All the best for everyone. Ps. Alex. I rather like your T-shirts. It seems you are quite a fan of serials. Isn’t it?
Thanks Alex! You're an excellent teacher!! I’m from Japan🇯🇵 I love your T-shirt💞 It's Totoro!!
Thank you, Alex. I'm really impressive learning English with you.
Extremely perfect! Thanks!
I am so glad to find this vlog and it's very much useful for me. thanks a lot Alex
Thank you for effort. I am really appreciated it
You’re extremely awesome English teacher. I’m totally learning a lot from you.
Alex thanks so much! I am absolutely happy with your lesson 😜😁🤗. ABSOLUTAMENTE in Spanish.
thanks for teaching
This video was absolutely amazing!!! Thankyou so much!! I really enjoyed it!!!
勉強になりました！ It was a great learning! thank you!
@engvidAlex
4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! :) Thank you for studying with me.
Well done! Alex, thank you!
This lesson sounds completely interesting!!! Keep on teaching us Mr Alex.Keep up the good work!
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Mike. I'm glad you liked the lesson!
Wow you are really good teacher , thank you I love your lessons 🖐👏👏
Thanks a lot for your example sentences to understand very well to us.
You're great! thanks!
Yes its true, Im not good of other adverb words thank you for teaching me😊
this the most useful english lesson to me cause i have been looking for this video so long i could not find it but now i finaly get it thank a million for you help keep it up.
I kinda glad to improve and learn English with ya again..
It was absolutely great. The video was perfectly presented.
Good job!Thx Alex!
Great lesson! It was absolutely amazing xD
Thank Alex . It's amazing lesson you are awsome
This video is perfectly well done
Alex ur a excellent teacher i m from india i really like your lesson...
Excellent thanks for the nice lesson
i like your sentences/examples
very important lesson!!!!
Absolutely and extremly useful lesson!!!
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching it! :D I'm glad it was useful for you!
The right lesson that I wanted.
Great!
excellent vídeo.
Youre the best teacher ❤🥰
Totoro learned so much :)
Thank you. Your classes are wonderful .. 🤗🤗🤗
@engvidAlex
4 жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome. Thanks for checking out the lesson.
Best channel and professional teacher
It was a great lesson. Thank you Alex!
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out.
Outstanding 👏 thanks for your efforts, you made a huge difference in my learning process
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome to hear, Shang! :D Good luck with your studies.
Great lesson 👍
Thank you!!!
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
You're quite welcome. :)
Hello teacher! I'm a bit confused about something. Adverbs of degree are the same as intensifiers and mitigators? Too, much, a lot are adverbs of degree too?
Thanks Mr Alex ... so useful .
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome. Thanks for checking it out!
i love you alex, you help me learning english
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to help, adjib! :) Thanks for studying with me, and keep it up!
Today,I am thoroughly clear about adverbs of intensity. I really appreciate your effort.
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for studying with me, Pratap. I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson! :)
Thanks a lot.
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Thanks for checking it out!
Hi Alex. In your point of view, which adverb can be used with any adjective in order to intensify meaning "really" or "very" ?
Немного ( nemnogo) - a little/ a bit.Russian one for the best teacher i've ever seen!)
I'm absolutely happy with your lessons كاملا خوشحالم in Persian سعيد تماما in arabic 😂😂
Thank you so much my sweetheart for beautiful Lesson🌹
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! Thanks for studying with me!
in Arabic it's قليلا "kaleelan".
Thank you Sir, for your amazing videos. Please clear my doubt as to this sentence i read in a newspaper. It reads as.... Perhaps, the ruler himself also COULD NOT HAVE HAD SEEN the future valour, achievement and foresight of his own self. Please tell are those capitalised words grammatically correct? What the HAD is working as in this sentence? What does it mean? I am confused. I want to know how those two third forms of verb are used together in the sentence? shouldnt it have been written as Could Not Have Seen instead of Could Not Have Had Seen?
Thanks for this awesome lesson
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure. Thanks for checking it out and for leaving a comment.
Hello i want to know if i can use adverb before verb. Example Jack quickly eats or Jack eats quickly.
a little = un po' in Italian, thank you Alex !
Hey! Nice of you trying other languages! Very nice.. sir ..in spanish is POQUITO.. but very good tried..congrats, and ever thankful with your teaching sir 🙏🏽
Superb explanation......thanks a ton❤
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
You're quite welcome! Thanks for watching. :)
You are so outstanding teacher ❤❤❤❤
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
You're too kind. Thanks for studying with me, Amir. :)
THANK U teacher
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
No problem! Thanks for checking it out.
"Poquito" in Spanish 😁
Excellent class
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Andrea! I'm glad you liked it.
thanks
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Any time. Thanks for checking it out.
sukriya( thanks) sir from India
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Ismail. Thanks for checking out the lesson.
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@engvidAlex
4 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome! Thanks so much for your support.
Sir, could you tell me the difference between "ticket to sth and ticket for sth"...?
Thanks:))
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome, Fanny. :)
I think(genuinely) is another word( really ) And ( insanely) can be used for high intensity
@Nima_Mahmoud
5 жыл бұрын
nice!
Que viva colombia!¡¡!¡ you are the best
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Kelin! I love your avatar!
you're the best
tanks you alex you realy improve my langugue and *slightly * in my langugue is شوي you have to learn my langugue is very weird
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your feedback and for the language lesson!
Konti=a little bit in Tagalog Matalino ako=is I am smart Maraming salamat po=Thank you very much
Hi Alex,how're you? And thanks so much for your great efforts, God bless you sir. Really you're the best in teaching ,and always tidy.I like you so much and I learned from you a lot. Thanks again bro for everything. Keep going and take care 👍🙏👋🌷From Iraq
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Any time, Sunshine. I'm really glad to hear that you enjoy the presentation of these topics. I try to stay tidy, but I'm messy sometimes too!
@sunshinealjaff8036
5 жыл бұрын
@@engvidAlexNo you're not messy but I see you always tidy in everything, really I like you so much and I feel glad when I watch your videos may Allah protect you for us sir. thnks for your beautiful reply. Greetings 🌺
In Portuguese: "Um pouco / um pouquinho". I just love your lessons ♥
@igorcaminhoasura9168
5 жыл бұрын
Melhores professores o do [engVid]. Da pra entender tudo o que eles dizem.
-Ready totoro? -Yeah It's my favorite part Jsjsjs
@onegulpking
3 жыл бұрын
Jsjsjsjs Same
How did you say Alex - hahaha ( omg so intense) 😁😂
Hi Alex .What about deadly and dreadly?
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
I've heard of deadly used in the context of "I'm deadly serious." I've never heard of the word "dreadly" before, though. :)
Í want to make a class like you but it is difficult. You are totally funny and know about grammar completely well.
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Mercedes. Good luck with your own classes!
@mercegn
5 жыл бұрын
@@engvidAlex ohh Alex , thanks to respond. Your vídeos are helping me to take FCE exam of Cambridge for speaking. Í understand you so well. Thanks.thanks. Addittionaly, Í get new ideas to my english clases.
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
That's great to hear! The usage of English section is probably the most difficult part of the FCE. Good luck!
@mercegn
5 жыл бұрын
@@engvidAlex You are great for answering Alex. Engvid web page and your channel youtube is totally useful to our needs like students and teachers. Thanks.
You're the best. I always say that😁😁😁😁
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Haha, thank you! I'm glad you liked the lesson!
Poquito sonó como piquito, buen intento teacher.
A little bit = ”chut'-chut'" in Russian
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Okay, "chut-chut" sounds much cuter than "a little bit." :)
@dzanik.2913
5 жыл бұрын
In polish: troszkę C: haha is lower than trochę
@abdulmuttalib5101
4 жыл бұрын
Viktor Kurgan thoda in hindi😄
@alexbaklushin2131
4 жыл бұрын
@@engvidAlex or "nemnogo"
@Bo_oi
3 жыл бұрын
wow, it's pretty the same in Vietnamese which is " một chút" or " chút xíu".
slightly is "um pouco" in portuguese language
1:57 слегка)
In (or on?) Brazil the "OMG SO INTENSE" would be: Pra caralho! lmao
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
PRA CARALHO, MAN! ... I like it. Haha.
@moraesaline13
5 жыл бұрын
@@engvidAlex it's a bad language in portuguese.
@ASOCIEDADEINDUSTRIALESEUFUTURO
2 жыл бұрын
@@engvidAlex dude WTF KKKKKKKKKKKKKKK You know this is a bad language right?
Secound one
sir, can I use mostly in place of almost
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Nekhoto. They're similar but not exactly the same. "Almost" means very close to, but not quite, while "mostly" means "on the whole," "generally," or "for the most part." The difference is so thin that you can probably get away with using "mostly" instead of "almost" in many scenarios. "I'm almost done." (I'm close to being finished) "I'm mostly done." (I've done the majority of what I need to do) To answer your question...mostly yes. ;)
@nekhototetseo8047
5 жыл бұрын
Learn English with Alex [engVid] thank you sir
can u plz check this sentences is correct or not the first one is (if someone ask me when are u coming to london nd the person dont know that i have already come in london then i want to tell that person that i m in london from 3 days would it be correct ?and the second sentence is if i have a two wheeler vehicle i m very thirsty i will say to someone take out the water bottle from the dicky i have put it in the dicky would that be correct??
Very helpful lesson. Thank you Alex. You are the best
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it was useful! Thanks for watching.
1:56 "Um pouquinho" or "um pouco", in Portuguese
A little, a bit and a slightly = slehka in Russian :)
we love you alex...
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
I love you guys too! Thanks for studying with me, Morteza!
i think quite and pretty are less intense than very.some teachers agree with me on this
Hey teacher come to Brazil....
@engvidAlex
5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to one of these days, but right now I've got too many commitments in Canada!
@renanantonioguilherme7315
5 жыл бұрын
@@engvidAlex that's ok
Tenish. In Ethiopian .
A little bit : sitik (Java language)