Tag: gradable and ungradable adjectives

This post explains the use of gradable and ungradable adjectives. The explanation is followed with an activity. Adjectives describe a quality that something possesses. To describe, for example, variations in temperature, we can use hot or cold, which are gradable adjectives. But to describe the limits (the maximum or minimum level) of temperature, we use boiling or freezing, which are ungradable adjectives. We also use adverbs to make adjectives stronger or weaker. Some adverbs can only be used with gradable and ungradable adjectives.