quite - rather ..., страница 173 - гдз по английскому языку 10 класс (starlight) учебник Баранова, Дули

Grammar Practice Section. Module 3 - страница 173.

Условие.

quite - rather - fairly - pretty - very

Quite (= fairly, to some degree) is used in favourable comments. He's quite good at geography. Quite is used before a/an. He's quite a good football player. Quite (= completely) is used with adverbs, some verbs and adjectives such as: amazing, brilliant, certain, dreadful, different, exhausted, horrible, impossible, perfect, right, sure, true, useless etc. I'm quite sure she will come with us.

Rather is used in unfavourable comments. He's rather bad at tennis. It can also be used in favourable comments meaning “to an unusual degree”. The lecture was rather interesting. (more interesting than we expected). Rather is also used with comparative degree. My MP3 player was rather more expensive than yours. Rather is also used before or after a/an. It's a rather warm summer. or It's rather a warm summer.

Fairly/Pretty are synonymous with quite and rather. They are used after a. She's a fairly/pretty good actress.

Very + adj/adv of positive degree. He is very careless with his things.

Решение 1.