4 ways to use 'quite' - English In A Minute

Hi everyone, Sam here.

And in this lesson,

we're going to look at 4 different uses of 'quite'.

We use 'quite' before an adjective or adverb

to mean 'less than very, but more than a little'.

It's quite cold and it's raining quite heavily today.

We can use 'quite' before a verb

– often the verbs 'like' and 'enjoy'.

I quite like watching football but I don't love playing it.

We can use 'quite a' before an adjective + noun.

My brother is quite a good musician.

But if we take the adjective away,

and just have 'quite a' + noun,

the meaning changes.

My brother is quite a musician,

which means 'my brother is a very good musician.

He's impressive.

So quite is quite useful, isn't it?