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- Greg Malivuk
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- Homework: p. 126-7, exercises 1 and 2 (underline the intensifiers in exercise 1 and the degree complements in exercise 2)
- exercise 1
- 2 extremely, quite, rather, very
- 3 (no intensifier)
- 4 really, too
- 5 (no intensifier) (“few” is a quantifier)
- 6 a bit, really
- 7 rather
- 8 fairly, reasonably
- 9 fairly
- 10 quite
- 11 rather
- 12 (no intensifier)
- 13 really
- 14 a little, insufficiently
- 15 rather, very
- 16 somewhat
- exercise 2
- 1 so rushed… that she doesn’t...
- 2 too little energy… to have any hobbies
- 3 too busy to make any close friends
- 4 too much going on… for her to take a vacation
- 5 fast enough for her to feel satisfied
- 6 too slowly to keep up...
- 7 hard enough to avoid being fired
- 8 so dedicated… that he is willing to give up...
- 9 enough to make their needs...
- 10 not competitive enough… for Denise to consider him a threat…
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- “Peter has suggested that she take some time off.”
- After “suggest that”, “recommend that”, “request that”, etc., use the base form of the next verb, regardless of the subject.
- Peter suggested that she take some time off.
- Peter will suggest that she take some time off.
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- In exercise 2, what “how” question can each degree complement answer?
- 1 How rushed is Denise (at work these days)?
- 2 How much/little energy does she have (at the end of the workday)?
- 3 How busy is she?
- 4 How much is there going on at work?
- 5 (not really possible here) (How fast does ___ move?)
- 6 How slowly does her administrative assistant work?
- 7 How hard does Peter work?
- 8 How dedicated is Peter to his job? / How dedicated to his job is Peter?
- 9 How much does he love his family?
- 10 How competitive is he about his job? / How competitive about his job is he?
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- How fast was he driving?
- He was driving so fast that he couldn’t stop before hitting the deer.
- = He was driving too fast to stop before hitting the deer.
- How fast was he driving?
- He was driving fast enough to get a ticket.
- = He was driving so fast that he got a ticket.
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- How + linking verb = how good or bad
- (How are you? How do I look? How does that sound?)
- How + other verbs = asking about the way or process
- (How do I get to the bank? How do you spell “enough”?)
- How + adjective/adverb = asking about the intensity or degree
- (How fast was he driving? How cold is it? How old are you?)
- (we can include much/many/little/few as “adjective”, to get questions like ‘how much’)
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- Homework: p. 131 exercise 5 (read focus 3 before you do the activity)
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