Stop using 'very' and increase your vocabulary immensely!

While I am not always a fan of his videos... EngVid gets it right this time!
ESL students tend to stick with the easy 'very' to express a greater quantity of an adjective...
Here is the link to the video and also an infographic to go with it!

https://www.engvid.com/improve-your-vocabulary-stop-saying-very/
https://www.proofreadingservices.com/pages/very
12. Juni 2018
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Please no children! I only teach 18+! 🔞 (Castellano abajo / En français ci-dessous) I am a passionate teacher and a lifelong learner of Languages! I spent two years teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in Barcelona (whilst learning some Catalan!). I was working in a private language academy where I taught from the ages of Primary (2+), juniors, Adolescents and Teens, Young Adults and mature students. I love teaching adults of all ages and gain great satisfaction helping them get to have that "Ah, I get it" moment when understanding a new concept for the first time! I teach ages from 18+ for students that are B1/B2/C1/C2 on the CEFR scale, including Conversation classes and fluency classes (Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, Advanced and Proficiency on the Cambridge English Scale). I teach the Cambridge Exams portfolio in addition to IELTS preparation, Academic English and Business English. I am an English language teacher from Sheffield, a northern city in the UK. I h...
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Englisch
globe
Vereinigtes Königreich
time
1 759
Spricht:
Englisch
Muttersprachler
,
Französisch
C1
,
Spanisch
B2
,
Deutsch
A2
,
Katalanisch
A1
Please no children! I only teach 18+! 🔞 (Castellano abajo / En français ci-dessous) I am a passionate teacher and a lifelong learner of Languages! I spent two years teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in Barcelona (whilst learning some Catalan!). I was working in a private language academy where I taught from the ages of Primary (2+), juniors, Adolescents and Teens, Young Adults and mature students. I love teaching adults of all ages and gain great satisfaction helping them get to have that "Ah, I get it" moment when understanding a new concept for the first time! I teach ages from 18+ for students that are B1/B2/C1/C2 on the CEFR scale, including Conversation classes and fluency classes (Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, Advanced and Proficiency on the Cambridge English Scale). I teach the Cambridge Exams portfolio in addition to IELTS preparation, Academic English and Business English. I am an English language teacher from Sheffield, a northern city in the UK. I h...
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