Question

6 a) Read the text in Ex. 1 and find three intensifiers. Check in the Grammar Reference section. b) Choose the correct word. Give reasons. 1 Kostya is a greatly/very competent office manager. 2 Progress on the project is being made particularly/completely slowly; it's unlikely that the team will meet its deadline. 3 Ivan is really/very furious that he was unfairly blamed for the mistake at work. 4 Samal was very/completely speechless when she heard he had been offered the job. Ulan was bitterly/gravely disappointed not to get the job. 5 6 Luiza was fortunate enough to get an utterly/ extremely good job in the city. W. Thank goodness that Irina found a solution to our problem; she's a(n) really/absolute genius. 8 His IT skills have greatly/extremely improved since he completed the training course.​

Answer 1

Ответ:

a) Three intensifiers found in the text are:

greatly

very

extremely

b) Corrected sentences with reasons:

Kostya is a very competent office manager. (Reason: "very" is used to emphasize the level of competence.)

Progress on the project is being made particularly slowly; it's unlikely that the team will meet its deadline. (Reason: "particularly" is used to emphasize the slowness of progress.)

Ivan is really furious that he was unfairly blamed for the mistake at work. (Reason: "really" is used to emphasize the intensity of Ivan's fury.)

Samal was completely speechless when she heard he had been offered the job. (Reason: "completely" is used to emphasize the extent of Samal's speechlessness.)

Ulan was bitterly disappointed not to get the job. (Reason: "bitterly" is used to emphasize the intensity of Ulan's disappointment.)

Luiza was fortunate enough to get an extremely good job in the city. (Reason: "extremely" is used to emphasize the level of goodness of the job.)

Thank goodness that Irina found a solution to our problem; she's an absolute genius. (Reason: "absolute" is used to emphasize the level of Irina's genius.)

His IT skills have greatly improved since he completed the training course. (Reason: "greatly" is used to emphasize the extent of improvement in his IT skills.)

Answer 2

a) Here are three intensifiers from the provided sentences:

1. greatly
2. particularly
3. very

b) Let's choose the correct words and provide reasons:

1. Kostya is a very competent office manager. (Reason: "Very" is used to modify adjectives and can be used to intensify the adjective "competent.")

2. Progress on the project is being made particularly slowly; it's unlikely that the team will meet its deadline. (Reason: "Particularly" is used to emphasize the slowness of progress in this context.)

3. Ivan is really furious that he was unfairly blamed for the mistake at work. (Reason: "Really" is used to intensify the adjective "furious.")

4. Samal was completely speechless when she heard he had been offered the job. (Reason: "Completely" is used to emphasize the degree of being speechless.)

5. Ulan was bitterly disappointed not to get the job. (Reason: "Bitterly" is used to intensify the adjective "disappointed.")

6. Luiza was fortunate enough to get an extremely good job in the city. (Reason: "Extremely" is used to intensify the adjective "good.")

7. Thank goodness that Irina found a solution to our problem; she's an absolute genius. (Reason: "Absolute" is used to emphasize the degree of genius.)

8. His IT skills have greatly improved since he completed the training course. (Reason: "Greatly" is used to intensify the verb "improved" indicating a significant improvement.)

The correct intensifiers have been chosen for each sentence based on their usage in intensifying adjectives or verbs.