EXTREME ADJECTIVES

I. Find alternative words to express the following meanings:

 Very angry:
 very bad:
 very clean:
 very cold:
 very crowded:
 very dirty:
 very drunk:
 very expensive:
 very funny:
 very good:
 very happy:
 very hot:
 very hungry:
 very interesting:
 very loud:
 very painful:
 very pretty / very nice:
 very sad:
 very scary:
 very small:
 very surprised:
 very tired
 very wet

II. In pairs, ask each other the following questions:

1. What is the most wonderful __________ you have ever seen?

monument

landscape

2. Have you ever taken an exam whose score was appalling?

3. What is the most appalling weather you have ever experienced?
4. Who is the most gorgeous actress you can think of?
5. What __________ would you qualify as truly remarkable?

scientific breakthrough

great feat (achievement)

6. What is the most terrific food you have ever eaten?
7. When was the last time you ate something absolutely delicious?
8. Can you think of a book that was terrific but whose movie was terrible?
9. Talk about a situation when you thought the noise surrounding you was deafening.
10. Can silence be deafening?
11. When was the last time you were actually starving?
12. What subjects do you find fascinating?
13. Is your house or your flat filthy or spotless?
14. In your opinion, what films is utterly hilarious?
15. When was the last time you were absolutely furious?
16. What is the most terrifying film you have ever seen?
17. What is the most terrifying book you have ever read?
18. What is the tiniest present you have ever been offered?
KEY

Find alternative words to express the following meanings:

1. Very angry: FURIOUS, EXASPERATED

2. very bad: AWFUL, TERRIBLE, APPALLING
3. very clean: SPOTLESS, SPICK AND SPAN
4. very cold: FREEZING
5. very crowded: PACKED
6. very dirty: FILTHY
7. very drunk: SLOSHED, INEBRIATED
8. very expensive: EXTRAVAGANT, EXHORBITANT, OVERPRICED
9. very funny: HILARIOUS
10. very good: EXCELLENT, TERRIFIC, DELICIOUS, BRILLIANT, EXTRAORDINARY, REMARKABLE
11. very happy: ELATED, ON CLOUD NINE, OVER THE MOON, DELIGHTED, THRILLED
12. very hot: BOILING, SCORCHING
13. very hungry: STARVING
14. very interesting: FASCINATING
15. very loud: DEAFENING
16. very painful: EXCRUCIATING
17. very pretty / very nice: WONDERFUL, GORGEOUS, BREATHTAKING
18. very sad: MISERABLE
19. very scary: TERRIFYING, PETRIFIED
20. very small: TINY, MINUTE
21. very surprised: ASTONISHED
22. very tired: EXHAUSTED, SHATTERED, KNACKERED
23. very wet: SOAKING, SOAKED