Adverbs of Degree | Learn Basic English Grammar Course

Hello, everyone. And welcome to this English course on adverbs.

In this video, I'm gonna talk to you about adverbs of degree.

Adverbs of degree tell us about the intensity of something.

The power of something.

Now in English, they're usually placed before the adjective or adverb or verb that they modify.

But obviously, as always, there are exceptions.

And there are very common adverbs of degree that I'm sure you use all the time.

Uhm... ‘too’, ‘enough’, ‘very’, ‘extremely’,

But there are so many others.

Okay? So let's dive into it and learn about adverbs of degree.

Let's have a look at a few examples of adverbs of degree.

Especially how they are used with adjectives, adverbs and verbs.

Now adverbs of degree are usually placed before the adjectives and adverbs that they modify.

And before the main verb of the sentence.

For example, in the sentence,

‘The water was extremely cold.’

You have the adjective ‘cold’ and the adverb ‘extremely’ that modifies the adjective cold.

And as you can, see the adverb is placed before the adjective that it modifies.

Second example, ‘He just left.’

In this case, the adverb ‘just’ comes before the verb ‘left’,

which is the main verb of the sentence.

‘She is running very fast.’

Now in this case, we have two adverbs.

The adverb ‘fast’ and the adverb ‘very’ that modifies the adverb ‘fast’.

And as you can see, our adverb ‘very’ is placed before the adverb that it modifies.

And finally, ‘They are completely exhausted from the trip.’

The adverb completely modifies the adjective ‘exhausted’

And is therefore placed before it.

I hope you understand, guys.

Let's move on.

Okay, guys. Let's practice pronunciation now.

Please repeat after me.

‘The water was extremely cold.’

‘He just left.’

‘She is running very fast.’

‘They are completely exhausted from the trip.’

Good job, guys. Let's move on.

Some very common adverbs of degree in English are ‘enough’, ‘very’ and ‘too’.

Let's look at a few examples.

‘Is your coffee hot enough?’

So in this case, our adverb ‘enough’ modifies the adjective, ‘hot’.

‘He didn't work hard enough.’

In that case, our adverb ‘enough’ modifies another adverb, the adverb ‘hard’.

And as you can see, the adverb ‘enough’ is usually placed after the adjective or adverb that it modifies.

Another example is ‘very’.

‘The girl was very beautiful.’

So the adverb ‘very’ modifies our adjective ‘beautiful’.

‘He worked very quickly,’

So in this case, our adverb ‘very’ modifies the adverb ‘quickly’.

And as you can see, ‘very’ is usually placed before the word that it modifies.

And finally, our third example is ‘too’.

‘This coffee is too hot.’

It modifies the adjective ‘hot’.

‘He works too hard.’

In that case, ‘too’ modifies the adverb ‘hard’.

And as you can see, ‘too’, is usually placed before the word that it modifies.

Okay? I hope you got it.

Let's move on.

Let's now focus on pronunciation. Please repeat after me.

‘Is your coffee hot enough?’

‘He didn't work hard enough.’

‘The girl was very beautiful.’

‘He worked very quickly.’

‘This coffee is too hot.’

‘He works too hard.’

Okay, guys. Let's move on.

Okay, guys.

Let's do a little bit of extra practice with a few example sentences.

‘He speaks very quickly.’

Can you spot the adverb of degree?

It's ‘very’.

And it modifies the other adverb of the sentence, ‘quickly’.

‘He speaks too quickly.’

Now, another very common adverb of degree, ‘too’.

Be very careful. There's a difference between ‘very’ and ‘too’.

‘Very’ is a fact.

‘Too’ means there's a problem. Okay? He speaks so quickly that you cannot understand.

‘He speaks too quickly.’

Another example,

‘My teacher is terribly angry.’

Where is the adverb of degree?

It's the adverb, ‘terribly’.

That modifies the adjective, ‘angry’.

‘They were almost finished.’

Can you spot the adverb?

It's ‘almost’.

And it modifies the verb, ‘finished’.

Okay? So we're not finished yet.

We're ‘almost’ finished.

And finally, ‘This box isn't big enough.’

The adverb of degree in this case is the adverb ‘enough’

and it modifies our adjective ‘big’.

And remember, ‘enough’ usually goes after the word that it modifies.

Okay? I hope you get it, guys.

Time for some pronunciation practice. Please repeat after me.

‘He speaks very quickly.’

‘He speaks too quickly.’

‘My teacher is terribly angry.’

‘They were almost finished.’

‘This box isn't big enough.’

Good job, guys.

Okay, guys. You now know a lot more about adverbs of degree.

And I'm sure this video will help you improve your English,

But keep practicing.

And make sure you watch the other videos on adverbs.

They're very useful as well.

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