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Texas ISD School Guide
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Articles for Teachers

Emphasizing Adjectives and Adverbs
By:Maxim Achkasov <achkasov.m@gmail.com>

English language is exceptionally good at describing things and actions. If you’re still in doubt about that, then find some time to look through some of the emphasizing adjectives and adverbs that I’ve listed in here. Even more than that, it will definitely be worthwhile going through all of them picking the ones which you particularly in favor to and learn them by heart. It may well pay you off later, after you’ve put in some of your time studying and memorizing them in various sentence structures.

Here are the emphasizing adjectives:

amazing, astonishing, attractive, awesome, beautiful, breathtaking, brilliant, charming, classic, complete, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, first-rate, fulfilling, glorious, grand, gratifying, great, high quality, imposing, impressive, incredible, lovely, magnificent, majestic, marvellous, miraculous, outstanding, perfect, phenomenal, picturesque, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pretty, prime, remarkable, rewarding, satisfying, scenic, sensational, sheer, spectacular, staggering, sterling, stunning, superb, superior, surprising, terrific, tremendous, total, unbelievable, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unique, unpredictable, unusual, utter, wicked, wonderful.

And the emphasizing adverbs:

absolutely, assuredly, certainly, completely, conclusively, definitely, desperately, distinctly, entirely, extremely, fully, highly, incredibly, indisputably, particularly, perfectly, really, respectively, significantly, solely, specifically, surely, totally, thoroughly, truly, unbelievably, undeniably, undisputed, undoubtedly, unquestionably, utterly.

Besides the words listed, I would like to remind you that adjectives are single words (amazing, etc.) or compounds (first-rate, etc.), which modify nouns. We usually use the former before the latter (exam: That was an amazing achievement) or vice verse after linking words such as be, seem and appear (exam: That film is phenomenal and breathtaking).

Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs and clauses (exam: He really does everything distinctively thoroughly and appears to be totally dedicated to his work).


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