Three Step English for Intermediate Learners - Learn #15 - Using Intensifiers - Grammar
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Let's look at the sentence pattern. This pattern is the structure that all of our examples will follow. Noun + verb + intensifier + adjective or adverb. Let's see how a line from the dialogue follows this pattern.

The location was really convenient, but it was much too expensive. In this sentence, there are two examples of the pattern. In the first part, location is the noun, followed by the verb "was."

"Really" is the intensifier and modifies the adjective "convenient". Then, in the second part, "it" is a pronoun referring to the noun previously used, which was "location". The verb is the same, "was". The intensifier is "much to" and it modifies the adjective "expensive". Now, let's look at some speaking examples.

I wanted to visit my family in the UK, but it was too expensive. Can you see how the pattern applies here? Family in the UK is a noun phrase, which is then referred to with the pronoun "it". "Was" is the verb, and "to" is the intensifier. It modifies the adjective "expensive". One more. My stocks performed unbelievably well last quarter.

"Stocks" is the noun, followed by the verb "performed." The intensifier is "unbelievably," and it modifies the adverb "well." Last one. "The rent was so cheap." "Rent" is the noun, followed by the verb "was." The intensifier is "so," and it modifies the adjective "cheap."