Hi guys! I'm your English teacher, Luke. So, do you find that when you speak in
English you use the same words over and over again? Don't worry, a lot of students
feel like that! So, in this lesson I'm gonna teach you some amazing vocabulary
you can use instead of 'very big'. It's important to learn words like these ones
so you can have more variety in your English, and stop repeating the same
words over and over again! But before we start, hit that like button and subscribe
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get started. The first word you can use instead of very big is 'enormous' 'enormous'.
Now, enormous is a really cool word you can use to describe something that's
really big, tall, or wide; something that's very large in amount; or
something that's very strong in degree. For example, The Empire State Building is
an enormous building. His appetite is enormous! He eats so much.
She's an enormous success! What is enormous in your country? Leave your
answer below in the comments. "It's enormous." "It's enormous". "They're enormous."
The next one is a really great word you can use and It'll make you sound a lot
more clever when you're speaking, and it is 'colossal' 'colossal'. So colossal means
that something is very big in size or big in degree. And it's used to show that
that thing has quite a lot of importance. So if something is colossal, it usually
means that it is very big and important. For example, The death of Nelson Mandela
was a colossal loss. The Titanic was a colossal ship. He made a colossal mistake.
Does your city have any colossal buildings? Let me know in the comments
below. "I'm gonna get a colossal doughnut!" "This is super colossal big fat boss baby."
The next one is one of my favorites and it is 'tremendous' 'tremendous'. So, we use
tremendous to say that something is very big or there's a large amount of
something. But this word has quite a positive connotation, so you'll mostly
here at used when someone's describing something very big, but in a very
positive way. It also has the meaning of being really good or really great; very
similar to the word 'awesome'. For example, A tremendous amount of work has gone
into this project. He spent a tremendous amount of money on his car. Tt was a
tremendous experience. Have you ever spent a tremendous amount of money on
anything? Let me know about it in the comment section. "tremendous, that's tremendous" "You have tremendous potential" "Tremendous
cultural value". Number four, is 'monstrous' 'monstrous' So monstrous is very similar
to tremendous, but it has a bit of a negative connotation and a negative
feeling. You can probably guess this from the word 'monstrous' sounds like 'monster'
and monsters are usually quite negative, so you can use monstrous when
you want to describe something that's very big but usually in a negative way.
Take a look at these examples, The city has some monstrous skyscrapers. They made
a monstrous amount of money. He ate a monstrous dinner. "monstrously ugly" "Monstrous lie" "who's
behind this monstrous crime". Number five is another one of my favorites and it is
'gigantic' 'gigantic'. So gigantic is used to describe something that's very big as if
it was made for a giant. The word gigantic sounds like 'giant' right? This
can be used for the size of things or the scale or strength of something. Here
are some examples, "that airplane looks like a gigantic bird." "What a gigantic
yellow duck." "That bomb caused a gigantic explosion" "gigantic" "A man with gigantic
responsibility." "A gigantic pile of money." Another great
word you can use instead of very big is 'vast' 'vast'. So vast is used to describe
things that are very big but very wide, it's not used to describe things that
are very tall. Just for big and wide. It can be used to describe physical places
like the Sahara Desert or Russia for example, but it can also be used to
describe more abstract things like knowledge or experience. Take a look at
these examples, She has a vast amount of knowledge on this subject. There is a
vast difference between them. Russia is a vast country. Do you have any
vast knowledge or vast experience in anything? Let me know below in the
comments. "Across vast oceans" "Across vast distances and through solid metal" "vastly misunderstood beasts Harry, vastly misunderstood. Number 7 on this list is a really common one but the word I think students
don't use enough and it is 'huge' 'huge'. So huge can simply be used to talk about
something size or importance for example, Seoul is a huge city. This could be the
start of something huge for you. That shirt is huge! it'll never fit me.
"I made a huge mistake. You Think?"think "my family has a huge amount of money" "I'm a huge fan." Humongous humongous now this word
is a really good alternative to very big and it means extremely big. so only use
humongous when you're talking about something that is much much bigger than
whatever else you're comparing it to. This one can be considered to be a little bit
informal so don't use it when you're writing formally, just use it when you're
speaking casually with people. The universe is humongous. What a humongous
dog. I hope I'm not making a humungous mistake.
Do you know anything that is really humongous let me know below in the
comments? Jeff your dad is a humongous jerk number nine is a really cool one
and it is jumbo jumbo so jumbo just means extremely big in size for example
the biggest plane in the world is called a jumbo jet
that's a jumbo box of cereal what a jumbo building 3 jumbo cherry squishy
where's my jumbo enlarged a whopping whopping this is another really great
word you can use instead of very big and it's used to say that something is very
big in size or amount or the strength of something but this one is also a little
bit informal so again don't use it when you're right informally just use it when
you're speaking casually with people for example I've got a whopping bruise on my
arm I caught a whopping fish when I was
fishing last weekend YouTube is a whopping platform a whopping 64 ounces
now it's your turn I want you to make your own sentences in the comments below
with some of these alternatives or very big practice using it because it'll help
you remember them in the future ok that's it for me guys thank you very
much and I'll see you next time