GRADABLE AND NON GRADABLE ADJECTIVES

Gradable/ Nongradable

Choose the best word in each case.

 

1. John's book is truly _________
   1.   good
   2.   brilliant
   3.   interesting
2. Jonathan Frantzen's latest novel is very _________
   1.   enjoyable
   2.   remarkable
   3.   exhilarating
3. Can we turn on the air-conditioning? It's ________ boiling in here.
   1.   very
   2.   rather
   3.   quite
4. I'm afraid that you can't talk to him. He's ______ dead.
   1.   completely
   2.   very
   3.   rather
5. I think Big Bang Theory is ________ hilarious.
   1.   absolutely
   2.   rather
   3.   very