Intensifiers and Mitigators ESL Worksheets, Games and Activities

Love is in the air!

Pre-intermediate (A2) 35 minutes
ESL Intensifiers and Mitigators Activity - Speaking: Rating, Sentence Completion, Guided Discussion, Freer Practice - Pair and Group Work

In this enjoyable intensifiers and mitigators speaking activity, students practice intensifiers and mitigators by grading and discussing romantic situations... read more

Two Things that...

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Intensifiers and Mitigators Game - Vocabulary: Guessing, Forming Sentences - Pair Work

In this entertaining intensifiers and mitigators game, students guess what two things have in common using adjectives and adverbs of degree. Students begin by writing two things that match each description... read more

Extreme Sports

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Intensifiers Worksheet - Grammar and Reading Exercises: Scanning, Identifying, Sentence Completion, Rewriting Sentences

In this free intensifiers worksheet, students identify intensifiers and use them to modify language and write about extreme sports. Working alone, students begin by reading a text about extreme sports... read more

How am I feeling exactly?

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Intensifiers and Mitigators Board Game - Vocabulary: Miming, Guessing, Forming Sentences - Group Work

In this fun intensifiers and mitigators board game, students use intensifiers, mitigators and adjectives to guess how exactly other students are feeling from mimes. The first player picks up a card and... read more

Intensifiers and Mitigators Practice

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Intensifiers and Mitigators Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Ordering, Multiple Choice, Unscrambling, Sentence Completion - Speaking Activity - Pair Work

This comprehensive intensifiers and mitigators worksheet helps students learn and practice how to emphasize words and expressions to make them... read more

It's rather nice outside!

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Intensifiers and Mitigators Worksheet - Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises: Rewriting, Sentence Completion, Identifying

This useful intensifiers and mitigators worksheet uses the context of weather to help students learn how to make words and expressions sound stronger or weaker using intensifiers and mitigators... read more

Over the Years

Intermediate (B1) 40 minutes
ESL Intensifiers and Mitigators Activity - Grammar Exercises: Categorising, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion - Speaking Activity: Discussion - Group Work

In this productive intensifiers and mitigators activity, students complete a worksheet and then take part in a discussion where they modify comparative sentences... read more