Gradable and ungradable adjectives

1. The fact that L.V. is openly gay and the son of an immigrant is less controversial than
his politics.
“Fact” is a noun
His/my having to apologize to this idiot / moron / twat / cretin ;) horrified me
Our being the best trained generation in history doesn’t guarantee us a job
NEGATIVE: His not passing the subject depressed him so much that he started a
psychotherapy
Gradable / ungradable adjectives:
“huge generational shift”
 Absolutely huge generational shift
Gradable Ungradable
Adjectives Small
Big
Tall
Nice
Fat
Little
Long
Artistic
Sweet
Beautiful
Pretty
Smart / intelligent /
clever
Huge
Tiny / microscopic
Inexistent
Massive
Incredible
Awesome
Awe-inspiring
Jaw-dropping
Giant / gigantic
Marvelous
Splendid
Spectacular
Amazing
Historical
Beautiful
Brilliant
Riveting
Adverbs lending
themselves to…
Very
A bit
Mostly
Pretty
Clearly
Extremely
Completely
Strikingly
Absolutely
Totally
Literally
Utterly
F.ck..g!
Adverbs lending themselves to both gradable and ungradable adjectives: really,
quite (means both: relatively and completely), obviously…
Short story instructions:
Using the possessive + gerund structure at least once, as many gradable/ungradable
adjectives and adverbs as you can & at least 5 words from the vocab we’ve covered
so far this semester, devise a short story along these lines:
This is how it all began…