Gradable and Ungradable Adjectives

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Gradable and Ungradable Adjectives

Just to check...

We still know what adjectives are, right?

Adjective

Not an adjective

Cheap

Tiny

Slightly

Objective

Highly

Much

Boiling

Very

Bloody

Rank the adjectives

Cheap

Free

Expensive

Pricesless

Now try the same thing

Freezing	Tiny	Large	Hot
	Cold		Small
Minute
Vast		Boiling	Enormous

Boiling

Large

Hot

Small

Minute

Enormous

Tiny

Freezing

Cold

Vast

Answer

Freezing -> Cold -> Hot -> Boiling

Vast/Enormous -> Large -> Small -> Minute/Tiny

EXTREMES

Freezing -> Cold -> Hot -> Boiling

Vast/Enormous -> Large -> Small -> Minute/Tiny

Complete the sentence with "very" or "absolutely".

1. The water was ____ boiling hot. 

2. The weather was ____ cold. 

3. This museum is ____ enormous.

4. Your house is ____ small.

Very

Absolutely

Absolutely

Very

Based on this, can you tell me what the rule is for extreme adjectives?

Work on

Check the answers for your homework.

Do SB47 ex. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10

Finish Genesis & Catastrophe assignments A and B if you haven't yet. 

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