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1.4 Write the nouns related to these adjectives.
1 5 confrontational 9 optimistic
angry anger
anxious
2 6 contented 10 patient
3 7 furious 11 positive
apprehensive
4 8 miserable 12 relaxed
calm
la Complete these sentences with verbs related to the
adjectives in 1.4 above. V Vocabulary note

1 Angry is a gradable adjective. We can
Relax !It'll be okay. Nothing's going to go wrong, I promise.
Just try to make it stronger or weaker using
down.
adverbs, e.g. very; quite; extraordinarily;
The way to deal with bullies like that is simply to
2 them
a bit; rather; mildly.
and say you're not going to put up with it any longer.
Furious is an example of an extreme
The arrogance of the minister's remarks
3 the opposition adjective as it includes the idea 'very'.
leader, who angrily demanded an apology. This means we cannot use very with
furious (not tret)-furieres).To make
1.6 Match an extreme adjective from the box with a gradable extreme adjectives stronger we use
adverbs meaning 100%, e.g. absolutely;
adjective which is similar in meaning.
completely; thoroughly; utterly; totally:
I was totally furious when my brother
astonishing excruciating devastating hideous
crashed my car.
petrifying superb ravenous ludicrous
Really can be used to make both
gradable and extreme adjectives
stronger.

superb
1 good
5 scary
There are many exceptions to these
2 hungry
6 silly
rules and it is useful to make a note of
7 surprising
3 painful adverb + adjective collocations you see:
faintly ludicrous, thoroughly miserable,
4 sad
8 ugly
bitterly disappointing, endlessly fascinating
(See Unit 7, 2.4 for more on gradable
EN COLLOCATION Choose the words which collocate with adjectives.)
the words in bold to complete the sentences.
1 You're such an exaggerator! The injection wasn't absolutely
devastating / excruciating. It was mildly / completely painful at worst.
2 meal at the sushi place in town. The only problem is I'm still
I had a particularly / totally good
completely ravenous / hungry.
utterly ludicrous /funny when the girl fled just because the man was a bit / absolutely ugly.
3
It was
4 I'm completely / rather petrified of spiders. They're totally hideous / ravenous.
5 What totally devastating / petrifying news. You must both be bitterly / absolutely disappointed.
1.8 The words mood and attitude are used in many expressions. Match the sentences (1-5) with the
expressions (a-e).
He's got a real attitude problem.
He's very up and down.
1 a
2 I wouldn't go near him just now. b He's not in the mood.
3 He hates anyone with authority. c
He's in one of his moods.
He's never put off by a challenge.
4 d He has terrible mood swings.
He's got a real can-do attitude.
5 e
He doesn't feel like going clubbing tonight.
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