Ejercicios y ejemplos de intensificadores con adjetivos fuertes

Intensifiers – Ejercicios

Estos ejercicios se enfocan en los intensificadores.

¿Qué son los intensificadores?

Los intensificadores son palabras que se usan para hacer los adjetivos más fuertes. En lugar de decir simplemente interesting, puedes decir very interesting para agregar énfasis. Estas palabras ayudan a expresar emociones con mayor intensidad y hacen las descripciones más vividas.

Intensificadores comunes incluyen:

very → It’s a very exciting story.
really → She is really happy today.
extremely → The test was extremely difficult.

Usar intensificadores correctamente hace que tu inglés suene más natural y expresivo.

Intensificadores comunes y su uso

Aquí tienes algunos intensificadores y cómo fortalecen los adjetivos:

Intensificador	Ejemplo
amazingly	She is amazingly talented.
exceptionally	He is exceptionally smart.
incredibly	The view was incredibly beautiful.
particularly	That joke was particularly funny.
remarkably	She was remarkably calm during the test.
unusually	It’s unusually cold today.

Usar “Enough” como intensificador

"Enough" es diferente de otros intensificadores porque va después del adjetivo:

✅ He is old enough to drive.
✅ These shoes aren’t big enough for me.
🚫 He is enough old to drive. (¡Incorrecto!)

Intensificadores con adjetivos fuertes

Algunos adjetivos ya tienen un significado fuerte. Por ejemplo, en vez de very big, usamos enormous. En vez de very small, usamos tiny.

Aquí tienes algunos ejemplos de adjetivos normales y sus formas fuertes:

Adjetivo normal	Adjetivo fuerte
very big	enormous, huge
very small	tiny
very clever	brilliant
very bad	awful, terrible, dreadful
very sure	certain
very good	excellent, perfect
very tasty	delicious

📌 No se usa “very” con adjetivos fuertes:

🚫 The food was very delicious. (¡Incorrecto!)
✅ The food was absolutely delicious. (Correcto)

Intensificadores comunes con adjetivos fuertes

Con adjetivos fuertes, usamos intensificadores como:

absolutely → The hotel was absolutely perfect.
completely → I was completely exhausted after the trip.
exceptionally → She is exceptionally brilliant.
utterly → The weather was utterly dreadful.

Intensificadores con ciertos adjetivos

Algunos intensificadores solo se usan con ciertos adjetivos:

Intensificador	Adjetivos con los que se usa	Ejemplo
dangerously	ill, hot	He is dangerously ill.
seriously	damaged, hurt	The car was seriously damaged.
highly	successful, intelligent, likely	She is highly intelligent.
bitterly	disappointed, unhappy, cold	I was bitterly disappointed.

📌 Ejemplos incorrectos y correctos:
🚫 We had a highly tasty meal.
✅ We had a very tasty meal.

🚫 It was bitterly good.
✅ It was really good.

📌 Debes consultar un diccionario para saber qué intensificadores combinan con qué adjetivos.

Intensificadores con comparativos y superlativos

Usamos intensificadores distintos con adjetivos comparativos y superlativos.

Intensificadores con comparativos:

Intensificador	Ejemplo
much	He is much taller than me.
far	This book is far better than that one.
a lot	New York is a lot bigger than Boston.
a great deal	The second movie was a great deal more interesting.

🚫 He is very older than me. (Incorrecto)
✅ He is much older than me. (Correcto)

Intensificadores con superlativos:

Intensificador	Ejemplo
easily	This is easily the best movie I’ve seen.
by far	She was by far the most talented singer.

🚫 This is very the best book. (Incorrecto)
✅ This is by far the best book. (Correcto)

Adjetivos como intensificadores

Algunos adjetivos pueden actuar como intensificadores cuando se usan con sustantivos:

Adjetivo	Ejemplo
absolute	That’s an absolute disaster.
complete	He’s a complete idiot.
total	That was a total failure.
perfect	It’s a perfect opportunity.
utter	They were talking utter nonsense.

🚫 The idiot was complete. (Incorrecto)
✅ He’s a complete idiot. (Correcto)

🚫 The nonsense was utter. (Incorrecto)
✅ They were talking utter nonsense. (Correcto)

Errores comunes con intensificadores

Error	Corrección
He is enough tall to play basketball.	He is tall enough to play basketball.
She is very exhausted.	She is absolutely exhausted.
This is very the best option.	This is by far the best option.
He was bitterly happy.	He was really happy.

Illustration of Intensificadores en inglés

FAQ: Intensificadores

¿Qué es un intensificador?

Un intensificador es una palabra que hace que un adjetivo sea más fuerte, como very, really o extremely.

¿Puedo usar “very” con adjetivos fuertes?

No, debes usar palabras como absolutely o completely.
Por ejemplo: di absolutely amazing en vez de very amazing.

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre “too” y “enough”?

Too significa más de lo necesario (negativo): The coffee is too hot to drink.
Enough significa la cantidad adecuada (positivo): The coffee is hot enough to enjoy.

¿Qué intensificadores se usan con comparativos?

Palabras como much, far, a lot y a great deal refuerzan los comparativos.
Ejemplo: He is much faster than me.

¿Cuáles son errores comunes con intensificadores?

Algunos errores comunes son:

Usar "very" con adjetivos fuertes (very excellent ❌)
Poner "enough" antes del adjetivo (enough big ❌)

Intensificadores en inglés