Stop saying “VERY” in IELTS Speaking: Build your Vocabulary

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STOP saying “Very” in English

Question: Would you recommend this film to others?
Answer: Yes, it was very interesting, erm a very good film, you know, very useful and very nice…very good.
Not bad, but how many times did I say ‘very’…and how can we improve this repetitive answer?
Come with me and find out!

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Topics covered in this video:

00:00:00 Welcome
00:00:40 Introduction
00:03:17 Describing things
00:04:47 Describing people
00:06:17 Describing activities
00:08:22 BONUS: ELSA Study Set

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Describing things:
Instead of very interesting
That book was extremely interesting
That book was incredibly interesting
That book was tremendously useful
That book was particularly useful

That film was dead good
That film was extremely good

Intensified adjective
That film was [amazing, terrific, splendid, awesome, outstanding]



Describing people:
My boss: she's a perfectly nice woman
Yeah i think my new boss is a thoroughly nice man
We've just moved into a new flat and the new neighbor is exceptionally friendly
I think my new neighbor is a genuinely friendly person
My teacher i think he's highly intelligent
I think my english teacher is remarkably intelligent

Describing activities:
I went to a party last week and to be honest it was mind-numbingly boring
I went to a party with my friend but it was just downright boring
The meeting with my boss was just painfully slow
The meetings with mr smith they are frustratingly slow
Lady gaga's last concert was extremely bad
The concert was really bad

Using an adjective that intensifies bad.
the party or the meeting was appalling
It was an awful meeting
What a dreadful concert
That was a terrible party
That was an agonizing meeting

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