Three Step English for Intermediate Learners - Practice #14 - Using Intensifiers - Exercises
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Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? I tried to get first place. I tried to get first place. Super hard. Super hard. I tried super hard to get first place. I tried super hard to get first place. Intensifiers come before the adjective or adverb they modify, except in the case of the intensifier, enough.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? He was to finish school. He was to finish school. Very excited. Very excited. He was very excited to finish school. He was very excited to finish school. Again, the intensifier goes before the word it modifies, so we use very excited.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? She was to solve the problem. She was to solve the problem. Smart enough. Smart enough. She was smart enough to solve the problem. She was smart enough to solve the problem. Because the intensifier is enough, it goes after the word it modifies. So we get smart enough instead of enough smart.

Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The watch was expensive. The watch was expensive. So. So. The watch was so expensive. The watch was so expensive.

Because the blank was before the adjective and not after, we can eliminate enough as an option. That leaves so as the correct answer. Many intensifiers could also be used in this space and still be correct. Unscramble the words to make a sentence. The movie was...

The movie was incredibly... The movie was incredibly boring. The movie was incredibly boring. Unscramble the words to make a sentence. She. She worked. She worked extremely... She worked extremely hard... She worked extremely hard on...

She worked extremely hard on her... She worked extremely hard on her project. She worked extremely hard on her project. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? We were really excited or excited really to go hiking. We were really excited or excited really to go hiking. Really excited. Really excited.

We were really excited to go hiking. Really excited is used here because it follows the correct order of intensifier followed by adjective or adverb. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? They were quite happy or happy quite to be home. They were quite happy or happy quite to be home. Quite happy. Quite happy.

They were quite happy to be home. Quite happy is used here because it follows the correct order of intensifier followed by adjective or adverb. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? I was enough or so glad to be done. I was enough or so glad to be done. So, so, I was so glad to be done.

So is used here because it's before the adjective or adverb. Using enough to make enough glad would be grammatically incorrect. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The trip took too or so long to be there on time. The trip took too or so long to be there on time. Too, too. The trip took too long to be there on time.

To is used here because while so long is a grammatically correct way to use the intensifier so, it does not make sense in the sentence. So does not have the same meaning of more than enough that the word to has. So the trip took so long to be there on time does not make sense. To make it grammatically correct, you would need to rephrase the sentence as the trip took so long we couldn't be there on time.

Listen to what I say. What is the intensifier used in the sentence? We were really excited to go hiking. Listen one more time. We were really excited to go hiking. Did you hear really? Really is the intensifier. How about they were quite happy to be home. Let's listen one more time. They were quite happy to be home. Did you hear quite? Quite is the intensifier.

Next. He was smart enough to solve the problem. One more time. He was smart enough to solve the problem. Did you hear enough? Enough is the intensifier. Next. The watch was so expensive. One more time. The watch was so expensive. Did you hear so? So is the intensifier. And the trip took too long to be there on time. One more time.

The trip took too long to be there on time. Did you hear "two"? "Two" is the intensifier. Thank you for watching! Now you know how to use intensifiers to describe past experiences. And now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on EnglishClass101.com!