• Exam: PET
    • Course:
      SUPPORT DOCUMENTS
    • CONCEPTS: QUITE.

Instructions

Complete the sentences by dragging and dropping, or typing the correct word, or its corresponding letter, into the answer box.

Once all the sentences have been completed, click on CHECK to identify mistakes.

If the word chosen is correct, it will show in green.

If the word chosen is not correct, it will show in red, and when that happens, try another word and press the CHECK button again until all the answers show in green.


QUITE


Theory:


QUITE is normally used with an adjective. It is used to change the value of the adjective.
Example:
This exercise is difficult.
This exercise is QUITE difficult.

The meaning of quite depends on the kind of adjective it is used with.
If the adjective has a fixed value, like IMPOSSIBLE, because something is either impossible or not, then QUITE means completely.
Example:
This problem is impossible to solve.
This problem is QUITE impossible to solve, which means it is completely impossible.

If the adjective has different values, like HAPPY, then QUITE means fairly.
Example:
I feel happy.
I feel QUITE happy, which means I feel fairly happy.

QUITE can also be used with NOT to give NOT QUITE.
When used with NOT, it always means not completely
Example:
The bottle is NOT QUITE EMPTY means it is not completely empty.

Exercises:

This bag is fairly heavy.
This bag is (1) heavy.


She was more than a little angry.
She was (2) angry.


This answer is wrong.
This answer is (3) right.


This car always breaks down.
It is (4) useless.


Typical FCE Transformations:

It's a fairly long time since I last watched this programme.

QUITE
I haven't watched this programme (5) time.

Possible answers:

  • A) quite
  • B) not quite


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