English grammar
Emphasis: you've no idea how… / I can't imagine how…
Stress how good, how much or how well something is, using you've no idea how / I can't imagine how + adjective.
From the scene You've no idea how good it is!
In short
Stress how much with you've no idea how + adjective, then statement order: you've no idea how good it is.
Your turn
Which one goes with the same idea, with can't imagine?
Options: you can't imagine how fast it's going · you've no idea how good it is · how hard we've worked
Show answer
the same idea, with can't imagine → you can't imagine how fast it's going
How it works
You've no idea how… (or you can't imagine how…) is a fixed way to stress just how good, fast or hard something is, stronger than simply saying very.
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
Nuria, try this. You've no idea how good Marisa's cake (blank)!
Options: is · does · has
Show answer
Nuria, try this. You've no idea how good Marisa's cake is!
Nuria, prueba esto. ¡No sabes lo buena que está la tarta de Marisa!
Good to know
The adjective or adverb comes straight after how, and the rest keeps statement order: how good Marisa's cake is (not how good is Marisa's cake).
Your turn
Pick the word that fits the line.
I know, boss... but you've no idea how good it (blank) me feel.
Options: did · got · made
Show answer
I know, boss... but you've no idea how good it made me feel.
Ya, jefe... pero no sabes lo bien que me ha sentado.
stressing just how good something is you've no idea how good it is
the same idea, with can't imagine you can't imagine how fast it's going
Your turn
What goes with you can't imagine how fast it's going?
Options: stressing just how good something is · how goes straight before the adjective · the same idea, with can't imagine
Show answer
you can't imagine how fast it's going → the same idea, with can't imagine
how goes straight before the adjective how hard we've worked
Tomás
You've no idea how hard we've worked.
No sabes lo mucho que hemos trabajado.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
You've no idea (blank).
Options: you've no idea how good it is · you can't imagine how fast it's going · how hard we've worked
Show answer
Tomás
You've no idea how hard we've worked.
No sabes lo mucho que hemos trabajado.
how + adjective + subject + verb (statement order) look how good the sign looks
Nuria
And look how good the sign looks.
Y fíjate lo bien que queda el letrero.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
And (blank).
Options: look how good the sign looks · you've no idea how good it is · you can't imagine how fast it's going
Show answer
Nuria
And look how good the sign looks.
Y fíjate lo bien que queda el letrero.
looking back: I had no idea how… I had no idea how delicious it would be
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| stressing just how good something is | you've no idea how good it is |
|---|---|
| the same idea, with can't imagine | you can't imagine how fast it's going |
| how goes straight before the adjective | how hard we've worked |
| how + adjective + subject + verb (statement order) | look how good the sign looks |
| looking back: I had no idea how… | I had no idea how delicious it would be |
More lines from the story
- JaviNuria, try this. You've no idea how good Marisa's cake is!Nuria, prueba esto. ¡No sabes lo buena que está la tarta de Marisa!
- JaviI know, boss... but you've no idea how good it made me feel.Ya, jefe... pero no sabes lo bien que me ha sentado.
- TomásIt's gone already? But I brought it out ten minutes ago!¿Ya se ha acabado? ¡Si la saqué hace diez minutos!
- NuriaJavi, you've got chocolate on your face.Javi, tienes chocolate en la cara.