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Some sentences may be correct and yet something is still missing:

I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.

They sound boring and lifeless.

Give more background information with attributes:

I was walking slowlythrough the dark and peaceful forest.

Then I suddenly saw a small red fox.

Here's another example:

There was a house.

There was an old house.

There was a really old house with a sagging roof and some broken windows in the attic.

Adjectives describe nouns and adverbs describe verbs or other adjectives /adverbs:

I was walking quite carefully and slowlythrough the really dark and peaceful forest.

see more:

Adverb or Adjective?

Adverbs of degree

Adverbs of degree are used to modify verbs, adverbs and adjectives. They tell us the intensity to which something happens.

I'm cold!

How cold?

I'm a little cold. (★) - I'm pretty cold. (★★) - I'm really cold (★★★). - I'm absolutely frozen. (★★★★)

★

a bit
a little
barely
hardly
narrowly
scarcely

…

★★

fairly
pretty
quite
rather
somewhat

…

★★★

deeply
decidedly
extremely
incredibly
really
very

★★★★

absolutely
completely
entirely
totally

Tip

Don't overdo it! Don't give every adjective its own adverb of degree but sprinkle it into your guided writing!

The Test

Put in the correct adverbs:

We had an English test. I was almost finished when I saw a bird outside the window.

Its colorful feathers looked absolutely wonderful.

The bird was sitting on the window sill and I was barely moving.

I felt incredibly lucky to see such a beautiful creature but my teacher was terribly grumpy today.

Use adverbs of degree. (Look at the number of stars.)

Did you do well in the last test?

Oh dear! Your attitude towards school is fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★) disturbing. You always try

Ralph was fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★) nervous at first, but when he saw the test everything was ok.

Did you do well in the last test?

Well, it was OK . We were a bit/a little(★) late but that seems absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★) normal for me, doesn't it? So we had to hurry to class.

Oh dear! Your attitude towards school is fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★) disturbing. You always try

Ralph was fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★) nervous at first, but when he saw the test everything was ok.

A Weekend Trip

Add an adverb of degree.

What did you do there?

First we went shopping downtown. It'is a fashionable city, you know. In the afternoon we went to one of the many cool beer gardens where we had a traditional Bavarian dinner. It was absolutely|completely|incredibly|really|totally(★★★★) fantastic.

That sounds fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★) nice.

Oh, that sounds extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★) interesting.

But Josie was a bit|a little(★) bored, so we didn't stay long.

Our trip was extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★) exciting. Munich is extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★) nice.

What did you do there?

First we went shopping downtown. It'is a fashionable city, you know. In the afternoon we went to one of the many cool beer gardens where we had a traditional Bavarian dinner. It was absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★) fantastic.

That sounds fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★) nice.

Then on Sunday we visited the Olympic Park. It was built for the 1972 Summer Games and it's absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★)amazing. We also went up the TV tower and had a extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★) fantastic view! Then we to the Olympic Hall where an exhibition was held.

Oh, that sounds extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★) interesting.

But Josie was a bit/a little(★) bored, so we didn't stay long.

Inversion

Sometimes you want to strenghten your point of view by putting the adverb first:

Little did I know ...

Never have I seen such wildlife.

Rarely do foxes show themselves.

Not only did she do ...

Tip

These sentence structures are only used in writing, never in conversation!

Interactive Exercises

The Test

We had an English test. I was almost finished when I saw a bird outside the window.

Its colorful feathers looked absolutely wonderful.

The bird was sitting on the window sill and I was barely moving.

I felt incredibly lucky to see such a beautiful creature but my teacher was terribly grumpy today.

Building up a word pool

Synonyms

Building up a word pool

adverbs and adjectives
- Adverbs of degree
- Inversions
Synonyms
- go & walk
- see
- good
Mindmapping

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-Genau wie im Deutschen kann man im [[Englisch]]en beschreiben, wenn etwas vorher stattgefunden hat. Wenn eine Handlung in der Vergangenheit stattfand, etwas anderes aber schon vorher passiert ist, wird dies im '''Past Perfect''' ausgedrückt.
+Some sentences may be correct and yet something is still missing:
-Dabei wird es nur selten alleine verwendet, meist bezieht es sich auf eine Handlung im [[../Past Simple|Past Simple]], der eine andere dazu gehörende Handlung vorangeht.
-[[Datei:Past Perfect.svg|Infografik: Past Perfect]]
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.</div>
-== Bildung ==
+They sound boring and lifeless.
-Im Past Perfect besteht das Verb aus zwei Bestandteilen:
-Zuerst kommt die Vergangenheitsform des Hilfsverbs "have", danach das ''past participle'' (die 3.Form) des Hauptverbs.
+Give more background information with attributes:
-<span style="display: inline-block;font-size:2em;background:white;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 1em;">I</span> &nbsp; <span style="display: inline-block;font-size:2em;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 6em;"> <span style="display:inline-block;border-right: 1px dashed black;padding-right: 1em;text-align: center;width:1em;">had</span><span style="display:inline-block;text-align: center;width:1em;padding-left:1em;">lived</span></span>  <span style="display: inline-block;font-size:2em;background:white;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align:center;width:18em;"> in Hamburg before I came here.</span>
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I was walking <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">slowly</span>through the <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">dark</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">peaceful</span> forest.</div>
-=== Verlaufsform ===
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">Then I <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">suddenly</span> saw a <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">small</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">red</span> fox.</div>
-Neben dem '''''Past Perfect Simple''''' gibt es auch noch eine Verlaufsform, das '''''Past Perfect Progressive'''''. Sie wird verwendet, wenn nicht nur die Tatsache, dass eine Handlung ausgeführt wurde, sondern die Handlung selbst, bzw. die Dauer im Vordergrund stehen.
-: ''I '''had been living''' there for ages.
+Here's another example:
-: ''After I '''had been doing''' my homework for hours I was really tired.''
-== Interaktive Übungen ==
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">There was a house.</div>
-* [[Past_Perfect/Kontrastierung|Kontrastierung]] von Past Perfect und Past Simple
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">There was an old house.</div>
-* [[Past Perfect/Mixed Tenses|Mixed Tenses]]
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">There was a really old house with a sagging roof and some broken windows in the attic.</div>
-{{Fortsetzung|
+'''''Adjectives''''' describe nouns and '''''adverbs''''' describe verbs or other adjectives /adverbs:
-vorherlink=Past Simple|vorher=Past Simple|
-weiterlink=Past_Perfect/Kontrastierung|weiter='''Kontrastierung''' von Past Perfect und Past Simple
-}}
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I was walking <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">quite</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">carefully</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">slowly</span>through the <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">really</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">dark</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">peaceful</span> forest. </div>
-{{Tenses}}
+'''see more:'''
+* [[Adverbs/Adverb_or_Adjective%3F|Adverb or Adjective?]]
+== Adverbs of degree ==
+'''''Adverbs of degree''''' are used to modify verbs, adverbs and adjectives. They tell us the intensity to which something happens.
-[[Kategorie:Englisch]]
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I'm cold!</div>
-[[Kategorie:Grammatik]]
-[[Kategorie:Interaktive Übung]]
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:green;margin:1em;">How cold?</div>
+<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I'm a little cold. (★) - I'm pretty cold. (★★) - I'm really cold (★★★). - I'm absolutely frozen. (★★★★) </div>
+<div class="grid">
+ <div class="width-1-4">
+<p style="font-size:1.5em;font-weight:bold;margin-left:2em;">★</p>
+* a bit
+* a little
+* barely
+* hardly
+* narrowly
+* scarcely
+…
+</div>
+<div class="width-1-4">
+<p style="font-size:1.5em;font-weight:bold;margin-left:2em;">★★</p>
+* fairly
+* pretty
+* quite
+* rather
+* somewhat
+…
+</div>
+<div class="width-1-4">
+<p style="font-size:1.5em;font-weight:bold;margin-left:2em;">★★★</p>
+* deeply
+* decidedly
+* extremely
+* incredibly
+* really
+* very
+</div>
+<div class="width-1-4">
+<p style="font-size:1.5em;font-weight:bold;margin-left:2em;">★★★★</p>
+* absolutely
+* completely
+* entirely
+* totally
+</div>
+</div>
+{{Box|Tip|Don't overdo it! Don't give every adjective its own adverb of degree but sprinkle it into your guided writing!|Hervorhebung}}
+=== The Test ===
+'''Put in the correct adverbs:'''
+<div class="lueckentext-quiz" lang="en">
+We had an English test. I was ''almost'' finished when I saw a bird outside the window.
+Its colorful feathers looked ''absolutely'' wonderful.
+The bird was sitting on the window sill and I was ''barely'' moving.
+I felt ''incredibly'' lucky to see such a beautiful creature but my teacher was ''terribly'' grumpy today.
+</div>
+'''Use adverbs of degree. (Look at the number of stars.)'''
+<div class="lueckentext-quiz" lang="en">
+Did you do well in the last test?
+Well, it was OK . We were ''a bit|a little(★)'' late  but that seems ''absolutely|completely|incredibly|really|totally(★★★★)'' normal for me, doesn't it? So we had to hurry to class.
+Oh dear! Your attitude towards school is ''fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★)'' disturbing. You always try
+Ralph was ''fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★)'' nervous at first, but when he saw the test everything was ok.
+</div>
+{{Show-Hide|
+Did you do well in the last test?
+Well, it was OK . We were ''a bit/a little(★)'' late  but that seems ''absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★)'' normal for me, doesn't it? So we had to hurry to class.
+Oh dear! Your attitude towards school is ''fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★)'' disturbing. You always try
+Ralph was ''fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★)'' nervous at first, but when he saw the test everything was ok.}}
+=== A Weekend Trip ===
+'''Add an adverb of degree.'''
+<div class="lueckentext-quiz" lang="en">
+Our trip was ''extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★)'' exciting. Munich is ''extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★)'' nice.
+What did you do there?
+First we went shopping downtown. It'is a fashionable city, you know. In the afternoon we went to one of the many cool beer gardens where we had a traditional Bavarian dinner. It was ''absolutely|completely|incredibly|really|totally(★★★★)'' fantastic.
+That sounds ''fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★)'' nice.
+Then on Sunday we visited the Olympic Park. It was built for the 1972 Summer Games and it's ''absolutely|completely|incredibly|really|totally(★★★★)''amazing. We also went up the TV tower and had a ''extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★)'' fantastic view! Then we to the Olympic Hall where an exhibition was held.
+Oh, that sounds ''extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★)'' interesting.
+But Josie was ''a bit|a little(★)'' bored, so we didn't stay long.
+</div>
+{{Show-Hide|Our trip was ''extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★)'' exciting. Munich is ''extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★)'' nice.
+What did you do there?
+First we went shopping downtown. It'is a fashionable city, you know. In the afternoon we went to one of the many cool beer gardens where we had a traditional Bavarian dinner. It was ''absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★)'' fantastic.
+That sounds ''fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★)'' nice.
+Then on Sunday we visited the Olympic Park. It was built for the 1972 Summer Games and it's ''absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★)''amazing. We also went up the TV tower and had a ''extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★)'' fantastic view! Then we to the Olympic Hall where an exhibition was held.
+Oh, that sounds ''extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★)'' interesting.
+But Josie was ''a bit/a little(★)'' bored, so we didn't stay long. }}
+== Inversion ==
+Sometimes you want to strenghten your point of view by putting the adverb first:
+'''''Little''' did I know ...''
+'''''Never''' have I seen such wildlife.''
+'''''Rarely''' do foxes show themselves.
+'''''Not only''' did she do ...''
+{{Box|Tip|These sentence structures are only used in writing, never in conversation!|Hervorhebung}}
+== Interactive Exercises ==
+=== The Test ===
+<div class="lueckentext-quiz" lang="en">
+We had an English test. I was ''almost'' finished when I saw a bird outside the window.
+Its colorful feathers looked ''absolutely'' wonderful.
+The bird was sitting on the window sill and I was ''barely'' moving.
+I felt ''incredibly'' lucky to see such a beautiful creature but my teacher was ''terribly'' grumpy today.
+</div>
+{{Fortsetzung|vorher=Building up a word pool|vorherlink=Building up a word pool|
+weiter=Synonyms|weiterlink=Building up a word pool/Synonyms}}
+{{Building up a word pool}}

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