very
, that makes adjectives stronger, as you see in the following example:
I’m hungry. subject
+ verb
+ adjective
I’m very hungry. subject
+ verb
+ intensifying adverb
+ adjective
I’m sure you already know the meaning of very
. However, we use different intensifiers depending on the background/social class of the speaker, as well as the formality of the situation. This English lesson explains which intensifiers you should use in different situations.
Some adjectives, mostly swear words, also act as informal intensifiers. This means that people use them in their speech for dramatic effect. In this lesson, you learn a lot of new vocabulary to make your speech more interesting. You also find out about the most commonly used swear words in British English, so that you can be interesting in every situation!
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Good lesson, but I won’t use these words much within mt situation :)
Hahaha I don’t think I’ll use them either !
I agree with your comment, however it is important to know -at least- where to place an intesifier in a sentence.
Writing a story using Posh English, I don’t quite get it. I would prefer using neutral language to do it.
i’m with u i also prefer neutral language..
I kind use bloody when I get mad. Thanks a lot for the lesson.
Thanks it was a bloody frigging lesson! :)
Thank u Jade for this interesting lesson . First I didn’t get the lesson exactly but, after doing the quiz I went thorough it :)
so impressive lesson. thank you. :)
Thanks teacher Jade! This lesson makes me more understanding in your culture. Terribly Brilliant! =) keep up the good work!
My score was perfect :D I usually use neutral English. But bloody and bare were interesting words for me. Thank you for your lesson, Jade :)
8/10 My score today put me on a bloody mood disposition. Normally I rather prefer stay on a best score position such as 10/10
You would say, ‘My score put me in a bloody bad mood.’ – you still need an adjective (bad).
Thank you
hi, i want to aske you one question about english
lesson before i speak french so now i confuse pronunciation and other things like basic , i can not understand grammar english but i have so more vocabular in english .i want you give me like advice
Your accent is killing me . :)
Keep it up. I appreciate your hard work for us .
Hi Jade thank you very much for the lesson it was very interesting.
scored 10/10!
I got 9 correct out of 10.
:, It was a bloody lesson. it was a terribly.
Hi Jade, thanks for useful lesson
take care
Hi ..I need to improve my English .I’d like to talk with people all around the word please add on skype …I love to watch this videos …thank you for all teachers here because I’ve been learning every days ..
so Add on skype julianalima25
Thank you teacher
thanks for the lesson it was really helpfull
Great! to have nuances for all kinds of dialogue(or people!)is rather usefull. thanks
Good lesson I like it & would love to hear more :)
Thank you ,COACH….
Thank you Jade.
I really appreciate your good efforts and I really and nough and bare like it :) and I aim to attend all your lessons, and sorry about the grammatical mistakes
Just use one informal intensifier at a time. I really like it. The video is bare good.
Is it possible that “bare” might be introduced as a intensifier adverb cause it sounds similar to very? And , despite of some nervousness your class was terribly good!
thanks jade. this was awfully useful.
the lesson is terribly nice, thanks very much Jade
Ima no good at swearing. Got 5/10. : P
I’m still alive without. ^^ .
It’s worth sometimes though. [ :
Shy of the bare swear. : )
:D
Thanks a lot you are a such awfully cute teacher:))))
Your accent is terribly nice and I fairly get it!
Jade, you are by far the best! Your Posh English sounds ‘nough funny (*^_^*)
What a terribly lesson! I think it’s very useful, because in lots of american/british series you’ll hear most of the slan/swear words we have just learnt.
Hola, Cris! As our beaultiful teacher told us, we have to use an adjective after the adverb terribly: “What a terribly good lesson!” Just trying to help… Best wishes!
thanks so much ,it was a terribly helpful lesson :)
its is :)
Hello teacher! Great,great and killing lesson. The Cup in Brasil is so bloody to many countries!
Great lesson as usual Jade. I’ve got 10 out of 10 but I’ve still got a restlessness…
If you don’t mind, could you explain me why in minute 2:54 you said “Fairly is more posh”, but in the 3rd question it’s used the superlative “The Poshest”?
My point is, You should say “Fairly is posher than…” or we can use it either way just like you did?
Thanks :)
You are a terribly good teacher, I am so into your videos, I´m bare eager to see more of them coz its bloody worth it! :)
In other words: thank you very much for videos, they are perfect!
hello , Jade
hope you doing well.sir
I have 2 question
1)what’s the diffrency between synonym and activator of a word?
2)if the pulural of tooth is teeth,why isnt the pulral of booth beeth?one goose 2geese So one moose 2meese?
thanks in advance.
by the way.
this is mehdi from Iran:)
Hope you doing well madam
Hi guys. I’ve only got one question. Namely, when to say ‘this’/’that’, and when to say ‘it’. Contrary to ‘this’ and ‘that’, I believe using ‘it’ is more impassive, unemotional. So, am I right?
By the way, Jade, you’re bloody awesome. I just thought you should know :)
good lesson thank you jade
got 30%.
It’s really userful in English.
Thanks for this lesson
It was really helpful))
I was surprised when I saw that using “so” before verb it’s incorrect
Thanke u a lot for all what u give to us and this is the first time I know this two words ” bare and nough” and their meanings :)
It’s my first comment! ;)
Your lesson was bare GOOD , thnx so much.
Thank you for your good lesson, Jade..
Jade you are the only teacher on EngVid who I need to swith ON the subtitles… (and please someone correct my sentence)
thanks Jade
This was helpful lesson.It’s make me understand how to use those words and I’ve just known what posh words is.Then I got 8 out of 10.
You are awfully sweet when teaching and I so am thirsty to watch your programs and they were fucking usefull for me to the moment.
This, to be specified, was a bloody session!!!
Thank you for your class,Jade.You are bare clear.
i m nough happy today with this lesson :)
Hi jade send me a skype id please
Learn a new word, nough, thx!
Thank you, I love you seriously
I love when Jade is trying to improvise sentences, she’s funny :)
that’s great…it was really helpful lesson…thanks.
Once again “two thumbs up”.
Fligging and Freeking are these words used only
in British English?
Thank u ma’am!! this lesson was terribly useful for me. I love u so much, i wish i could go to England to see u, u have a killer eyes, i bare like it, sometime i think what’re u look like when u wear glasses =)) sorry if u can’t read that, my English is bloody terrible so i try to do better
great lesson. I really like the way you teach. Thanks.
Jade is terribly charming
I wonder where she come from.
she must eat much antyoxidant foods.
no Indonesian else deg! I am alone here!
I am in my own!
this my Quiz
Unfortunatly I got two wrong!
80
You got 8 correct out of 10.
:)
Hi everybody,welcome to my skype:KIMO-00
Please feel free to talk to my :)
To me ^_^
This class was terribly useful.
I’d speak like a native speaker, but I’m so bored to learn English. How should I do?
I don’t think the sawear word really necessary
thanks :D
It’s a SMART; I learn new thing.
Thanks you
it was really very helpful
Thanks you Jade!
You are terribly charming woman! ;)
I quite understood this lesson more over I’ve got some new sentences that how to use grammatically that you told me clearly.. .
thanks I love you speech anyway!..
9/10 :D
These words are used to emphasise speeches, very popular in the vocabulary of the students of english around the world.
Thank you Jade!
Thanks for the lesson.
Hello please I need privet a teacher.
Thank you jade?
Thank you, Jade. However, I’m confused about ” She is terribly or awfully charming. Does she is really charming? Terribly and awfully and negative words, right?
I ve got 100, yay
Ha ha.. I’ve got 8 out of 10. It was awfully good video to be more interesting.
So, I’ve got 4 out of 10, but it’s very interisting lesson
I got 9/10
Jade you are a terribly, awfully great teacher!
Hi Jade! Hi everyone who will read this comment!
It was rather interesting, I have started to study English too far ago.
Sometimes, I don’t find wish to continue a bloody nightmare of myself education. But, when I am watching a nough lesson from ‘engVid’ and terrible interesting teacher, like you Jade, I am starting to think the dream isn’t a fligging joke.
Thank you for the fairly job!
Thank you, Jade! Fairly good lesson!!
Would you tell me if is correct to say: This is nough lesson.
Sorry1 I mean to write : This is nough good lesson.
Thanks Jade.
you wrote f word in video but it okay
These tests are bare jokes!
1o/1o
thanks a lot, Jade,hugs (Kazakhstan 23 Nov2021:)