Adjectives

Adjectives: Describing Words

Read the following sentences:

1. The elephant is a large animal.
2. The giraffe is a tall animal.
3. Thomas lives in a big house.
4. Jimmy is an active dog.
5. The baby has curly hair.
6. Vani has two pencils.
7. Reena is wearing a pink dress.
8. I like red tomatoes.
9. It is a wet day.
10. Rocky is wearing a dirty dress.

 

The above sentences have a number of nouns/pronouns. The sentences also have some describing words.

 These describing words tell us something more about these nouns/pronouns.

The words large, tall, big, active, curly, two, pink, red, wet, dirty are describing words. They tell us something about the size, colour, number and quality of a noun or pronoun.

Words which describe something are called adjectives. All describing words are Adjectives.

Describing words describe persons, animals or birds, places or things etc.

 

Notice that adjectives usually come before a noun; as,

1. A pink flower
2. Black shoe
3. Sour grapes
4. Ripe mangoes
5. Old man
6. Smart boy

 

But sometimes adjectives are placed after a noun; as,

1. The clouds are white.
2. The sky is blue.
3. The knife is sharp.
4. The tea is hot.
5. An ice-cream is cold.  
6.  The food is tasty.