Speak
out Pre-intermediate
Writing Reference © Pearson Educación, S.A., 2012
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Speakout Pre-intermediate
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Writing
a description of a product for an advertisement; adding emphasis
When you write a description of a product, it is a good idea to include adverbs of degree (fairly,
really
, etc.) to add emphasis. These words make your description more precise.
1 Read the product description in the advertisement and answer the questions.
a) What is the person selling?
b) Complete the table.
Condition
1 ________ good
Sound quality
2 ________ high
Speakers
3 ________ excellent
Price
4 ________ expensive
Excellent Stereo System for sale
•
I’m selling my stereo system.
•
It’s in extremely good condition because I haven’t used it much.
•
It has very high sound quality because the speakers are really
excellent.
•
It has all modern features and it’s really easy to maintain
•
The price is £500. You may think that’s fairly expensive, but it
originally cost £1,000.
Name the product
Description of
product and features
in bullet points
The price and why it
is a good deal
c) Look at words 1-4 in exercise 1b. Which is the strongest, and which is the weakest
in meaning?
2 Choose the options so that the sentences are true for you.
1 I am fairly / very / extremely good at English.
2 My mobile phone was fairly / very / really expensive / cheap.
3 My home town is fairly / very / really small / big
4 I think that football is a fairly / really / extremely interesting / boring sport.
5 Clothes today are very/really / extremely expensive / cheap.
