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Hi everyone, Sam here.
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And in this lesson,
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we're going to look at 4 different uses of 'quite'.
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We use 'quite' before an adjective or adverb
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to mean 'less than very, but more than a little'.
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It's quite cold and it's raining quite heavily today.
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We can use 'quite' before a verb
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– often the verbs 'like' and 'enjoy'.
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I quite like watching football but I don't love playing it.
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We can use 'quite a' before an adjective + noun.
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My brother is quite a good musician.
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But if we take the adjective away,
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and just have 'quite a' + noun,
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the meaning changes.
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My brother is quite a musician,
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which means 'my brother is a very good musician.
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He's impressive.
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So quite is quite useful, isn't it?
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