tailieunhanh - Basic English Usage Exercises_5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'basic english usage exercises_5', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 101 123-124 123 124 1 2 3 4 5 a b c d explain After explain we use to before an indirect object. explained my problem to her NOT I explained her my problem. Can you explain to me how to get to your house NOT Can you explain me . . . fairly quite rather and pretty not fairly quite rather pretty very nice nice nice nice nice Fairly modifies adjectives and adverbs. It is not very strong if you say that somebody is fairly nice or fairly clever she will not be very pleased. How was the film Fairly good. Not the best one I ve seen this year. I speak Greek fairly well enough for most everyday purposes. Quite is a little stronger than fairly. How was the film 1 Quite good. You ought to go. He s been in Greece for two years so he speaks Greek quite well. Quite can modify verbs. It was a good party. I quite enjoyed myself. Rather is stronger than quite. It can mean more than is usual more than was expected or more than is wanted . How was the film Rather good I was surprised. Maurice speaks Greek rather well. People often think he s Greek. I think I ll put the heating on. It s rather cold. Rather can modify verbs. I rather like gardening. Pretty is similar to rather. It is only used in informal English. How are you feeling Pretty tired. I m going to bed. Note The exact meaning of these words may depend on the intonation used. Quite is not used very much in this way in American English. We put quite and rather before a an. It was quite a nice day I m reading rather an interesting book. For other meanings of quite see 274. For other meanings of rather see 370. 125-128 102 125 far and a long way Faris most common in questions and negative sentences and after too and so. How far did you walk I don t live far from here. You ve gone too far Any problems Not so far Not up to now. In affirmative sentences we usually use a long way. We walked a long way. We walked far is possible but not usual. She lives a long way from here. Much many and long for time are also more common in .