Master C1 Level English for Fluent Speaking | Advanced Adverbs Native Speakers LOVE

Do you feel like your English  vocabulary is a little boring?

A little basic?

Do you want to add some more  advanced words to your vocabulary?

Well, that's what we'll do today.

You're going to learn common C1 adverbs to  really help you sound more professional,  

more fluent, and more advanced in English.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

1st, I'm going to quiz you to see  how well you know these C1 adverbs.

Now don't worry if you do terribly on this  

quiz because after I'm going to  explain each adverb in detail.

And then after you'll do the same quiz again.

And I promise, by the end of this  lesson you're going to feel so  

proud because you're going to do  a lot better on the second quiz.

So let's get started.

Question one.

It's almost winter, so the  cold weather is approaching.

Now I'm only going to give you 3  seconds, which is not a lot of time.

So hit, pause, take as much time as you need,  and when you're ready, hit play inevitably.

Question Two She disagreed  with the new policy vehemently.

Question 3.

Despite the small error, the customer  complained about the mistake inordinately.

Question 4 The presentation was informative,  but some sections felt detailed superfluously.

Question Five.

He forgave his friend for the mistake  and even offered to help fix it.

Magnanimously.

Question 6 The rain fell throughout the night,  making it difficult to sleep incessantly.

Question 7 The Carpenter  swung his hammer precariously.

Question eight, He was angry about being  fired, but now he can start his art career.

Ostensibly Question 9, the family agreed to  spend their vacation in Morocco unanimously.

And finally, Question 10.

The old clock chimed every  hour without fail, perpetually.

So how did you do with that quiz?

Don't worry if you did terribly,  you got zero out of 10/5 out of 10.

That's OK because now I'm going to  explain each adverb in detail incessantly.

Incessantly.

This means without interruption or continuously.

For example, the alarm kept ringing  incessantly until she finally woke up.

Of course I could say the alarm kept  ringing until she finally woke up.

Adverbs are not required in a sentence.

But when I say incessantly, you  have this picture in your mind  

of this action happening non-stop, continuously.

So all of a sudden it sounds alarm.

A lot more annoying or frustrating  than without the adverb.

The alarm kept ringing incessantly  until she finally woke up.

Inevitably, inevitably, that's fun to say.

Inevitably, this means certain to happen.

So let's take an example with population growth.

I could say with the increasing population,  traffic jams are inevitably becoming more common.

Again.

I could simply say traffic  jams are becoming more common.

But when I add inevitably, it emphasizes that.

And you know that this is  definitely going to happen.

This is certain to happen.

And of course a traffic jam is when you are unable  to move because there are cars all around you.

A traffic jam, something that we  inevitably deal with inordinately,  

inordinately, this means excessively or unusually.

For example, he was inordinately  excited about his art exhibition.

Of course you expect someone  to be excited about their art  

expedition or any source of event or presentation.

But if you say he was inordinately  excited all of a sudden, I don't  

think this is a good thing because it  means there is too much excitement.

The amount of excitement is not  appropriate to the situation.

So this is how adverbs are  so valuable because they can  

really change the overall meaning of a sentence.

He was inordinately excited about  his upcoming art exhibition,  

and maybe you were inordinately upset  about making a mistake In English.

It's normal to make mistakes,  

but the amount of upset that you became  was too much given the situation.

Magnanimously, Magnanimously.

That's a long word.

Magnanimously.

This means in a generous and for giving way.

For example, my old boss was magnanimously  

friendly after he found out  I started my own company.

So I was working for this  company, but then I quit,  

I left and I started my own company that's going  to compete directly with the existing company.

So you would expect that  my boss, my previous boss,  

my old boss, would be upset, but he was friendly.

So I can say magnanimously friendly to show  that he was friendly in a forgiving way.

He wanted to show that he wasn't upset because  I left and started my own company, ostensibly.

Ostensibly, this means appearing as one  thing when it is really something else.

For example, he was  

ostensibly happy, so I know that he's appearing  happy, but there's really something else.

So in reality he isn't happy.

I know that because I said ostensibly happy.

He was ostensibly happy about the news,  but deep down he was really worried.

So he appeared happy.

But in reality,  

he's worried deep down.

That represents the feelings on the inside  that we generally don't show to the public.

Perpetually, perpetually.

This means constantly or continuously  over a long period of time, for example.

She's perpetually late.

This is not a good thing, because  if you said she's late, well,  

that simply means she's late right  now in this specific situation.

But if I add the adverb perpetually, I  know it means constantly, which is all  

the time it's a reoccurring action, or  continuously over a long period of time.

She's perpetually late.

Not a good thing.

Precariously, precariously.

This means dangerously or in an unstable way.

For example, the hiker walked precariously along  

the edge of the Cliff, so  there's an edge of a Cliff.

That's already a dangerous situation,  

but if he's walking precariously, it  means he's walking in an unstable way.

So he's walking like this or a dangerous way.

He's extremely close to the edge of the Cliff.

Superfluously.

This is also fun to say superfluously.

This means in an unnecessary or excessive manner,  so too much, too much beyond what is needed.

For example, the report was superfluously long,  

so reports can be long, but if you say it was  superfluously long, it means unnecessarily long.

They made one section of the report 10 pages,  when it could have easily been one page.

So hopefully you don't think that  this video is superfluously long,  

excessively long, too long,  then needed, wanted or desired.

Unanimously.

Unanimously.

This means with complete  agreement of all parties involved.

So everyone agrees with the same thing.

They all agree yes, or they all agree no,  or they all agree some other decision.

For example, the board members  unanimously approved the annual report.

This means that every board  member said yes, I approve.

They unanimously approved vehemently.

Vehemently.

This means in a strong and emotional way.

For example, she vehemently opposed  the idea of relocating to a new city.

When you relocate, it means you permanently move  from where you live now to a different location.

So she opposed this idea.

She didn't want to relocate, but  if I say she vehemently opposed,  

you know, it was with strong emotion.

She feels very strongly that she  doesn't want to move to relocate.

She vehemently opposed relocating to a new city.

Now that you're more comfortable with  these adverbs, let's do the same test  

again and I promise you'll  do a lot better this time.

Here are the questions.

Hit, pause.

Take as much time as you need, and when  you're ready to see the answers, hit play.

Here are the answers.

Hit pause, review them, and when  you're ready to move on, hit play.

So did your score improve?

I'm sure it did.

Make sure you share your score from the first quiz  

and the second quiz in the comments  so you can motivate other students.

Inspire them because they know what  kind of transformation they can make  

in this short period of time and you  can get this free speaking guide where  

I share 6 tips on how to speak  English fluently and confidently.

You can click here to download it or  look for the link in the description.

Now in this lesson you learned advanced adverbs.

How about you learn some advanced verbs and  

you can take your adverb and  pair it with your new verb.

So you can watch the video  on advanced verbs right here.