Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
Signification
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
Comment le repérer
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
Exemples
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
The soup is too hot.
Visual guide
Base property: hot Question: HOW INTENSE? Scale: not hot ─ hot ─ too hot The soup is too hot. too → beyond the OK limit
Same DEGREE frame: very cold stronger barely cold weak/low almost finished near endpoint completely finished full endpoint enough reaches a line Check: before/after/suffix?
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Degree uses words such as très, trop, assez, plus, moins, and si.
La soupe est trop chaude.
The soup is too hot.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
En anglais, les mots de degré comme very, too, quite et almost se placent souvent avant l’élément modifié ; enough se place souvent après un adjectif mais avant un nom.
It is very cold.
'very' = degré/intensité : cela renforce l’idée de froid.
Les apprenants placent souvent mal enough, too, almost ou very, par exemple enough cold au lieu de cold enough.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.