Exercise 37 Choose the correct adjective or adverb.
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EMPHASISING
GIVING OPINIONS
Action film western thriller science fiction film horror film comedy musical love story
Ex.: action film: Robocop
Exercise 35 Look at the adjectives. Which ones can you use to describe something you like? Which ones can you use to describe something you dislike?
amazing appalling simple remarkable delightful charming impressive awkward far-fetched clumsy sensitive gripping horrible funny powerful terrible emotional fantastic slow extraordinary spectacular
You can use the following common phrases to give opinions:
I thought it was really good.
I found it uninteresting.
I've never seen such a good film.
It's well worth/not worth seeing.
As far as I'm concerned, it's the best film I've ever seen.
In my opinion …
If you ask me …
Personally I think …
I guess …
I believe …
I reckon …
You can also use the following adverbs of degree before an adjective to emphasise something:
absolutely amazingly extremely especially extraordinarily particularly really
Ex.: It's a really exciting film.
Exercise 36 Make adverbs from these adjectives.
simple brilliant remarkable delightful charming impressive powerful happy spectacular
I.
1 He thought it was a spectacular/spectacularly film.
2 It was extreme/extremely exciting.
3 The characters acted rather clumsy/clumsily.
4 The plot was particular/particularly far-fetched.
5 It's got a fantastic/fantastically ending.
6 It's one of the most remarkable/remarkably films I've ever seen.
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