Relier Pairs Intensifying adverbs | collocationsVersion en ligne Match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences; then, figure out the cases for using each of the intensifying adverbs provided par Nastia Sakharova 1 They are planning to build a waste recycling plant. I am deeply concerned 2 Given the amount of work we have left, it’s absolutely impossible 3 It was hard to look at her as she bitterly wept 4 If you're interested in alternate historical chronology, I strongly recommend 5 This method called spaced repetition is highly effective 6 The hotel was ridiculously expensive 7 The officials confirm the village was utterly destroyed for such poor service. reading this book. to finish this project by tomorrow. at her grandfather’s funeral. by the hurricane. about the environmental impact of this project. for learning a new language. 1 bitterly 2 absolute, utterly 3 deeply 4 strongly 5 ridiculously 6 highly collocates with verbs, particularly verbs that relate to having an opinion collocates mainly with words associated with feelings; used slightly more in writing than in conversation carries a feeling of deep sadness; used slightly more in writing than in conversation usually combines with very positive words; also used with some probability words (likely, unusual); combine with adjectives with very extreme meanings where we can’t use 'very'; often negative suggests something extreme, which seems unbelievable or unreasonable