0Students generally tend to use and to some extent, even overuse certain adverbs such as 'very,' 'very much' and 'really.' It often does not help display one's lexical resource.
Use a few of these intensifying adverbs to improve your speaking and writing skills.
Example:
- Absolutely
- Utterly
- Deeply
- Downright
- Entirely
- Fully
- Highly
- Particularly
- Potentially
- Significantly
- Strongly
- Strictly
- Thoroughly
- Totally
- Ridiculously
- Undoubtedly
- Vaguely
- Widely
Intensifying adverbs collocate with certain specific adjectives and verbs. Use them wisely and correctly. They also help you increase your word score in the written tasks.
A few examples are given below:
- It was a ridiculous movie.
- His was an utterly distasteful speech.
- That is downright rude behaviour.
- His family is entirely dependant on his meagre earnings.
- Heavily armed soldiers guard our borders.
- This industry uses potentially hazardous chemicals.
- We can significantly reduce emission levels by adopting these measures.
- He thoroughly prepared for the test.
All the best to all my students appearing for the IELTS this weekend!
