DON'T SAY So, Very, Really | Go Natural English

Intensifiers -- Americans love to sound exciting and interesting by using intensifiers. Yes, they can be overused, but I notice that many English learners don’t use them at all! The English students I have who DO use them sound much more natural and native-like.

Intensifiers you probably already know include:
So
Really
Very

And also we can use more interesting words instead of simply re-using these 3 basic words over and over.

Very big = enormous
Very small = tiny
Very smart = brilliant
Very bad = awful, horrible, dreadful
Very sure = certain
Very good = excellent, amazing, awesome
Very tasty = delicious

Examples:
Your house is very big → enormous
My apartment is very small → tiny
You are very smart → brilliant
This movie is very bad → awful
I’m very sure I left my keys on the table → I’m certain
This book is very good → excellent
This food is very tasty → delicious

We can also add more interesting intensifiers before the better vocabulary words:
Absolutely
Awfully*
Completely
Exceptionally
Particularly
Quite
Totally
Dangerously
highly
You’ll notice that often, certain intensifiers are paired with specific vocabulary words, for example:
Absolutely dreadful, horrible, delicious
Absolutely amazing, incredible, wonderful, fantastic, brilliant
Awfully good, interesting
Completely exhausted
Exceptionally intelligent
Particularly helpful
Quite certain
Totally crazy
Dangerously fast
Highly dangerous

Remember these pairings, called collocations! You’ll sound much more native-like. We can mix them up in different combinations too, but those are really common and easy to memorize and start using.

Examples

Your house is very big → absolutely enormous
My apartment is very small → awfully tiny
You are very smart → totally brilliant
This movie is very bad → completely awful
I’m very sure I left my keys on the table → I’m quite certain
This book is very good → particularly excellent
This food is very tasty → dangerously delicious
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