G'day, how are you going mate? Today, what I am going to touch on is that "Just adding adverbs and/or adjectives makes your sentence sophisticated". What do I mean by that? Well, without further ado, let's find out!
First up, it's ok if you say just a simple sentence like Subject, Verb and Object. But within a sentence just putting a little bit of more effort to make it better is ideal. So, like adding adverbs and/or adjectives is really a great starting point for English learners. When you are talking about your family member in IELTS speaking test or just a daily conversation, you could say like "My family consists of 5 including myself. First, my grandmother, who is always taking care of our home garden nicely. Then, my father has recently retired as a mechanical engineer. And my mother used to be an exceptionally talented swimmer, but now she's been teaching. Finally, my older brother has grudgingly gone to the States for earning a MBA degree at Stanford University, one of the most prestigious tertiary institutions in the world, due to the fact that his company kinda forced him to go to the States as a corporate training." Something like this. I am not sure whether this is a great example or not, but I just wanted to give you some examples of how the addition of an adverb and/or an adjective to your sentence is going to work out effectively.
Next up, how often do we need to use adverbs and/or adjectives? Well, it depends. Basically, adding each one of them is enough to be able to make your sentence sophisticated. More than two looks a bit of redundant when it comes to not just appearance but grammar as well. As you can see the above example sentences, I haven't used them more than two within a sentence. This sorta rule can be applied to both spoken and written English, although you can a little bit relax the rule when you are speaking, because sometimes people would use double adverbs with particular emphasis on something that you want to say. For instance, that guy is taking an extremely radically new approach to smash the exam. This is totally fine in spoken language, whereas this needs to be modified in written language. I mean, this is not just too spoken style but also too relaxed. How do you change? Something like, that guy is taking a totally fundamental novel approach to pass the exam. This is just an example, but there are many other alternatives. So, you just want to use your brain to get the most out of grammar and vocabulary knowledge.
I hope this blog somehow helps you improve spoken and written skills. That's all for today. Thanks for reading my blog. Chao!