Intensifiers and Downtoners in English - Give power to your adjectives and adverbs!

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  • @oxfordenglishnow
    @oxfordenglishnow  ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you enjoyed this lesson could you do me a favour and HIT that like button on the video! Helps me a lot ❤ subscribe too so you don't miss the next lesson coming out! Thanks guys! 🙏🏻

  • @thiri9139
    @thiri9139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oooooo, I didn’t know a lot about these! I’m EXTREMELY thankful! Very interesting video!

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Thiri! Great answer! Well done! See you soon!

  • @mohannadothman3790
    @mohannadothman3790 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're EXTREMELY amazing.
    I highly recommend this lesson to all English learners.

  • @gustavochavez6885
    @gustavochavez6885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it was a quite long day, it was a really long day, it was a very long day.
    thanks for the lesson, it was extremely useful, i am really grateful

  • @akshatmukundam974
    @akshatmukundam974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Happy 2022 to you. Thanks for answering and helping me with my doubts. May this year bring us all what 2021 and the previous years in our lives could not.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Happy New Year to you too Akshat! Wishing you a fruitful 2022 too! 🙏🏻

  • @granttan1821
    @granttan1821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is really helpful for teaching students as the first foreign language, and I am incredibly thankful for this wonderful sharing..

  • @williamalmeida5868
    @williamalmeida5868 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Ma'am. Very nicely explained.

  • @NamNguyenVan-bz4wx
    @NamNguyenVan-bz4wx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello Sarah, my teacher!
    It's nice to see you again for a quite long time.
    Than you for the interesting lesson.
    The following is my answer.
    1. It was an incredibly long day!
    2. It was quite a long day.
    3. It was not at all a long day.
    I hope my answer is correct.
    See you very soon, Sarah.
    Take care!

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Nam, great answers! Just a couple of really small things. It was AN incredibly long day! It was quite a long day. Well done!

    • @NamNguyenVan-bz4wx
      @NamNguyenVan-bz4wx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oxfordenglishnow
      Thank you Sarah for correcting my mistakes. I have corrected them already.

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I needed this. I lost track of these with Mr. Skype. Yesss!! Thanks. 👍🏻

  • @lucasmatiasdiperna6451
    @lucasmatiasdiperna6451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • @shinkhantzaw-u6c
    @shinkhantzaw-u6c 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It was an extremely long day.
    It was a quite long day.
    It was a rather long day.
    Thanks for the video.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great sentences! Well done!

  • @faxrandaaliyeva8428
    @faxrandaaliyeva8428 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for your lessons.

  • @tamar503
    @tamar503 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i absolutely love this video very helpful.

  • @tani_shi9919
    @tani_shi9919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, Sarah.
    Many thanks for your sharing.
    My answers are:
    - weaken strength:
    It was a fairly long day;
    It was a quite long day;
    It was a rather long day;
    It was an at all long day (is it right?);
    - moderate/medium: It was somewhat a long day;
    - real punch: It was an insanely long day.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Tani_shi,
      Great sentences! well done!
      As for at all, you have to use it in a negative sentence. It wasn't at all a long day. I hope that helps!

    • @tani_shi9919
      @tani_shi9919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oxfordenglishnow Thanks a lot 🙏❤️

  • @Madhu6-h6h
    @Madhu6-h6h 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Would you please give us gradable & non- gradable adjectives list ? Thanks!

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi Madhu, sorry it's take so long to get back to you. I don't really have a list as such but found this online:
      GRADABLE ADJECTIVES NON-GRADABLE ADJECTIVES
      big huge, enormous
      small tiny
      tired exhausted
      hungry starving
      excited thrilled
      afraid terrified, petrified
      warm, hot boiling, scorching
      cool, cold freezing
      good great, awesome
      bad terrible, awful
      old ancient
      angry furious
      interesting fascinating
      beautiful gorgeous
      dirty filthy
      I hope that helps!

  • @marceladumitrufilip
    @marceladumitrufilip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks a million😍
    I have been struggling with intensifiers till now😅
    This lesson is absolutely amazing😘♥️🫶🏻

  • @DungNguyen-yl9ru
    @DungNguyen-yl9ru 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What does the intensifier "bloody" as in bloody hell mean? I see a lot of that usage in movies.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Dung, that is actually a swear word!

    • @DungNguyen-yl9ru
      @DungNguyen-yl9ru 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oxfordenglishnow I see. That's good to know. Thx.

  • @Akedulight
    @Akedulight 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's really very nice.

  • @MukeshKumar-yy3ce
    @MukeshKumar-yy3ce 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ma'am in my syllabus there is emphasisers what is that ?

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Emphasisers" is likely a term referring to elements or techniques used to emphasize certain points or concepts within a subject or discipline.

  • @ibrahimissaissa6627
    @ibrahimissaissa6627 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for your efforts

  • @MadleenAbuJabal
    @MadleenAbuJabal ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you💜💜💜💜💜

  • @roshinikumar7781
    @roshinikumar7781 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent class mam
    Thank you

  • @AS-xo4ne
    @AS-xo4ne 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi,
    This video is very helpful for me. Please make a video on, use of "is to, am to, are to" it is very confusing.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great suggestion! I will put it on my list of upcoming videos! Thanks!

  • @johnlomi
    @johnlomi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was a fairly long day.
    It was a mildly long day.
    It was an insanely long day.
    Hi,Sarah.
    That's my answers.
    Warm regards from Indonesia.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi J.J.L. great use of intensifiers! Well done!

  • @cintyhaperez9616
    @cintyhaperez9616 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best video

  • @maryamtavasoliyan1821
    @maryamtavasoliyan1821 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's been really good. tanks a lot...
    my try:
    It was an extremely long day.(stronger)
    It was a pretty long day.(weaker)a

  • @akshatmukundam974
    @akshatmukundam974 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello madam, nice explanation. If I have a friend who is so bad tempered that I don't want to visit him anymore,what should I use: He is too grumpy to visit/ He is too grumpy to be visited.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Akshat, I would say the first sentence is better. I hope that helps!

  • @bhavanpa3683
    @bhavanpa3683 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks mam
    its so helpfull.

  • @akshatmukundam974
    @akshatmukundam974 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello madam, hope you are fine. I have a question
    "Of all the movies I have watched so far, this movie is the best, which other movies are as nothing compared to" and " He has already befriended Joey, who no other boy in the college can hold a candle to" . Are these sentences grammatically correct and do they make sense?

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Akshat, "Of all the movies I have watched so far, this movie is the best." Your sentence works up until this point but after that is not correct. Maybe you could say, "Other movies are nothing in comparison." The second sentence is grammatically correct and makes sense. I hope that helps! See you soon, Akshat!

  • @zehramoh.9272
    @zehramoh.9272 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much

  • @linda-fw6nx
    @linda-fw6nx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi again, teacher.
    are these sentences correct and have same meaning?
    1) Jack is totally insane.
    2) Jack is totally an insane guy.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi lin da,
      For sentence 2 I would say, Jack is a totally insane guy, is better. And they both mean the same. I hope that helps!

    • @linda-fw6nx
      @linda-fw6nx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oxfordenglishnow thanks, teacher 😁

  • @pokestar_
    @pokestar_ ปีที่แล้ว

    Good

  • @akshatmukundam974
    @akshatmukundam974 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, Wishing you a delightful Christmas 🎄. Please correct this sentence," Of all the women in each country, the women in this country are among the most famous"

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Akshat, wishing you a Happy New Year! Your sentence is correct. 😊

    • @akshatmukundam974
      @akshatmukundam974 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oxfordenglishnow thanks madam and wishing you the same.

  • @bittarmarcela
    @bittarmarcela 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was an extremely long day
    It was a really long day
    It was a rather long day

  • @stevehidalgo1107
    @stevehidalgo1107 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What is the best option in this sentence?
    He is somewhat less confident due to the injured he got in a robbery.
    He is somewhat less confident because of the injuries he got in a robbery.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The second option is better and more grammatically correct:
      "He is somewhat less confident because of the injuries he got in a robbery."
      This sentence uses "because of" to indicate the cause of his decreased confidence and also corrects the grammatical error in the original sentence.

  • @bahiaanis331
    @bahiaanis331 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's very, really, quite, pretty somewhat, mildly long day => moderate strength

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Bahia, Well done, some great ideas! It is a really long day, it is quite a long day, it is somewhat a long day, it is a mildly long day. I hope that helps!

  • @jeangermain4391
    @jeangermain4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was a so long day.It was a very long day. It was a rather long day

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Jean, you would say, it was such a long day. What about using a more interesting intensifier than very? It was an incredibly long day!

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was an incredibly long day. It was a pretty' long day . It was not a long day at all, at work today.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Maria, excellent! Well done!

    • @mariamkinen8036
      @mariamkinen8036 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oxford English Now I love your work❣️

  • @aishaa7869
    @aishaa7869 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was an extremely long day
    It was a fairly long day
    It was quite a long day

  • @bahiaanis331
    @bahiaanis331 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was insanely long day
    It was quite long day
    It was so long day

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Bahia, Well done, but don't forget the article. It was an insanely long day, it was quite a long day, it was such a long day. For a downtoner, how about it was a fairly long day?

    • @bahiaanis331
      @bahiaanis331 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oxfordenglishnow thank you so much

  • @zeeshanstoryman7952
    @zeeshanstoryman7952 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was a really long day

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh dear. Take a break! Well done for the sentence!

  • @julianaasvargas
    @julianaasvargas ปีที่แล้ว

    It was a long day = It was a particularly long day / it was a pretty long day / it was a quite long day/

  • @yoyobakr709
    @yoyobakr709 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it was very or really long day

  • @bahiaanis331
    @bahiaanis331 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's fairly ,rather, quite long journey => downtfair

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Bahia, It's a fairly long journey. It is rather a long journey. It is quite a long journey. I hope that helps!

  • @jeanywafumilena5142
    @jeanywafumilena5142 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was a long day
    - It was an absolutely long day
    - It was a very long day
    - It was a fairly long day
    Is it correct?😄

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Jeany, I wouldn't use absolutely. It would be better to say, "It was a really or extremely long day." Very ( a bit lighter) and fairly ( even light) work. I hope that helps. 😊

    • @jeanywafumilena5142
      @jeanywafumilena5142 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thankyou so much

  • @mariamkinen8036
    @mariamkinen8036 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Weak adjectives etc.

    • @oxfordenglishnow
      @oxfordenglishnow  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I included strong adjectives but could have included weak ones too.

    • @mariamkinen8036
      @mariamkinen8036 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oxford English Now gradable n ungradable adjectives . Could u expand in this subject? Thanks💕