ni2 20-21/4/14

Homework: Reading activity, p. 94–95

The 3rd conditional

1^st.- If it doesn’t rain, we’ll go for a picnic.

2^nd.- If it didn’t rain, we would go for a picnic (but, probably, it’s raining).

3^rd.- If it hadn’t rained, we would have gone for a picnic.

We would have gone for a picnic if it hadn’t rained.

If I _______________ (kiss) her before, we ________________ (start) dating earlier.

Had kissed her, would have started.

What ______________ (say) if he ______________ (ask) you?

Would you have said, had asked you.

knackered /ˈnækəd/ adjective

UK informal extremely tired

Intensifiers with strong adjectives:

Strong adjectives are words like:

enormous, huge = very big
tiny = very small
brilliant = very clever
awful; terrible; disgusting; dreadful = very bad
certain = very sure
excellent; perfect; ideal; wonderful; splendid = very good
delicious = very tasty

We do not normally use very with these adjectives. We do not say something is "very enormous" or someone is "very brilliant".

With strong adjectives, we normally use intensifiers like:

absolutely	completely	totally	utterly
really	exceptionally	particularly	quite

The film was absolutely awful.
He was an exceptionally brilliant child.
The food smelled really disgusting.