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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.2 - Winners for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the underlined adjectives from the table. What is the difference in meaning between gradable and non-gradable adjectives?
  2. Match the gradable adjectives (1-4) with the correct non-gradable adjectives (a-d). Use a dictionary if necessary.

Answer

a)

  • Gradable adjectives → the meaning is relative (e.g. extremely big, very big, quite big).
  • Non-gradable adjectives → the meaning is extreme.

b)

  1. b
  2. d
  3. a
  4. c