And in this lesson, we're going to look at four 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 plus noun.

My brother is quite a good musician.

But, if we take the adjective away, and just have "quite a plus 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?