1-Quite =less than very, but more than a little I’m surprised you haven’t heard of him. He’s quite famous. =less than very famous, but more than a little famous. It’s quite cold. You’d better wear your coat.
2-Quite goes before a /an Quite a nice day ….quite an old house….quite a long way
3-We also use quite with some verbs, especially like and enjoy: I quite like tennis but it’s not my favourite sport.
4 Quite is also possible in these examples. We often use quite with a positive idea and rather with a negative idea. She is quite intelligent but rather lazy.
8-Quite can also mean completely Are you sure? Yes, quite sure. I quite agree with you. She was quite different from what I expected.
Rather is similar to quite but we use rather mainly with negative words and negative ideas: It’s rather cold, so you’d better wear your coat. Let’s get a taxi. It’s rather a long way.
- When we use rather with positive words (nice/interesting)it means unusually or surprisingly . Rather nice=unusually nice/surprisingly nice/nicer than expected:
Rather can go before or after a/an A rather interesting book ……rather an interesting book
1-Quite =less than very, but more than a little
ردحذفI’m surprised you haven’t heard of him. He’s quite famous. =less than very famous, but more than a little famous.
It’s quite cold. You’d better wear your coat.
2-Quite goes before a /an
Quite a nice day ….quite an old house….quite a long way
3-We also use quite with some verbs, especially like and enjoy:
I quite like tennis but it’s not my favourite sport.
4 Quite is also possible in these examples.
We often use quite with a positive idea and rather with a negative idea.
She is quite intelligent but rather lazy.
8-Quite can also mean completely
Are you sure? Yes, quite sure.
I quite agree with you.
She was quite different from what I expected.
Rather is similar to quite but we use rather mainly with negative words and negative ideas:
ردحذفIt’s rather cold, so you’d better wear your coat.
Let’s get a taxi. It’s rather a long way.
- When we use rather with positive words (nice/interesting)it means unusually or surprisingly .
ردحذفRather nice=unusually nice/surprisingly nice/nicer than expected:
Rather can go before or after a/an
A rather interesting book ……rather an interesting book