Intensifier Adjective - EC 3 - 1

Term	Note	Example
Incredibly Extremely Very Really So Pretty Fairly	To make some adjectives and adverbs stronger.	She is incredibly talented. She is extremely generous. He is a pretty cool guy. We get along really well.
Absolutely Really (but not very)	With adjective that are already very strong.	She is absolutely wonderful. He is really fantastic.
At all	Makes negative stronger.	She is not selfish at all.
Completely totally	Mean 100%	He is completely honest. She is totally reliable.

Adjective prefixes

Patient – impatient

Considerate – inconsiderate

Friendly – unfriendly

Reliable – unreliable

Honest – dishonest

Organized – disorganized

Totally honest

Fairly laid-back

Not reliable at all

Extremely talented

Really competitive

Completely disorganized

Very impatient

Incredibly generous

Absolutely wonderful

Do you know people with these qualities ?

My mother is totally honest. She always tells the truth.

What is your best friend like?

She has a great sense of humor, and ..

Always ing

I am pretty disorganized. I lose things. I am always losing things.

Everyone in my family loves music. We sing together.

Everyone in my family loves music. We are always singing together.

My brother is really generous with his time. Hi fixes my computer.

My brother is really generous with his time. Hi is always fixing my computer.

My father is a workaholic. He comes home late and he brings work home wit him, too.

My father is a workaholic. He is always coming home late and he is always bringing work home wit him, too.

My college roommate was really funny. She made us laugh. You know, she told jokes.

My college roommate was really funny. She was always making us laugh. You know, she told jokes.

A friend of mine complain she is broke, but she buys herself expensive clothes.

A friend of mine complain she is broke, but she is always buying herself expensive clothes.

One of my friends is totally unreliable. He cancels plans at the last minute.

One of my friends is totally unreliable. He is always cancelling plans at the last minute.

Ex.

So, how is your new roommate working out?

Well, I don’t see that much of him, really.

I mean, he is always working, you know, at the library or sitting at the computer.

Well, at least he is not always throwing wild parties or playing music all night.

Yeah. And he is pretty easygoing. I am always borrowing his stuff, and he doesn’t mind.

He sounds better than my old roommate. She was so unpleasant.

You are right, she was pretty bad.

Yeah. She was always talking about people behind their backs.

You mean like we are doing right now?

My girlfriend is always late for our dates, so she is always apologizing to me. It drives me crazy.

Yeah, but at least she apologises.  My girlfriend never says she is sorry when she is late.

I know, and at least my girlfriend calls to say she will be late.

My friend is always borrowing my CDs and then giving them back weeks later.

Well, at least he returns them to you.

Yeah, and at least he never damages any of them.

My brother is always getting good grades. It is impossible to keep up with him.

Yeah, but at least you are doing your best, right?

That is true. And at least I enjoy my classed.

So who is always checking phone messages?

Well, I am always checking my messages, but at least I don’t do it in class.