Real English® - Lesson 42 - Exercise 6 - Pretty Good and Too Good!

Lesson 42 - Exercise 6 - Pretty Good and Too Good!

Watch the video, then answer the question.

1 - Click on ALL the correct statements:
1. Pretty woman: pretty is an adjective because it modifies the noun "woman".
2. Pretty good: pretty is an adverb because it modifies the adjective "good".
3. Pretty good means average. Not very good; not very bad.
4. Students usually go to school. Usually is an adverb because it modifies the verb "go".
2 - Regina says "I was definitely an overachiever at school". What is an overachiever?

"Overachiever" means:
1. a person who does better than expected.
2. an average student.
3. someone who tries to do too many things at the same time.

Vocabulary:
1 - pretty as an adjective: beautiful, attractive. Pretty modifies the nouns "woman" and "bird" in this picture:
pretty

2 - pretty as an adverb: To a fair degree; moderately. Example from the dictionary: a pretty good student!
A C Student is pretty good.

For example: a "C Student" is average or pretty good.
"Good" is an adjective, but "pretty" becomes an adverb now because it modifies another adjective.

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