Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
Значение
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
Как распознать
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
Примеры
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?
Разбор по языкам
В родном языке
Degree words such as очень, слишком, and почти are frequent and flexible.
Очень холодно.
Very cold.
На изучаемом языке
В английском слова степени, такие как very, too, quite, almost и enough, усиливают, ослабляют или ограничивают признак, состояние, количество или действие. Обычно они стоят перед изменяемым словом, но enough часто ставится после прилагательного: cold enough.
It is very cold.
very = «очень», степень/интенсивность
Учащиеся часто ставят enough, too, almost или very не на то место, например enough cold вместо cold enough.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.