A. Good adjectives
B. Bad adjectives
The weather this summer was very bad.
Other words that mean very bad are dreadful, horrible, terrible:
The food in that café was horrible. Nobody liked it.
What’s that dreadful smell?
I had a terrible day at work today.
The traffic’s terrible at 5 o’clock on Fridays.
C. Expressions
A: The train arrives at 7 o’clock; dinner is at 8 o’clock.
B: Excellent! / Great! / Wonderful! / Lovely! / Perfect!
Note: We often say not bad when we are speaking.
A: I get $500 a week in my job.
B: That’s not bad! (= good!)
We use these adjectives with how:
A: I have to get up at 5.30 tomorrow.
B: Oh, how awful! / how horrible!
A: I’ve got a great new job in New York!
B: How nice! / How wonderful! / How lovely!
Common mistakes
How awful! / How horrible!
[NOT How bad!]
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