Grammar Toolkit Descriptive adjectives Grammar Toolkit Descriptive adjectives A descriptive adjective gives colour shape size and feeling to a noun or pronoun They work with nouns to give us clear and interesting pictures of people places and things ID: 405062
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What are descriptive adjectives?
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Descriptive adjectives
A descriptive adjective gives
colour, shape, size and feeling to a noun or pronoun. They work with nouns to give us clear and interesting pictures of people, places and things.
huge
“I have a bear that is …
”
fierce
heavy
strong
warm
adorable
cheeky
stuffed
angry
hungry
broad
soft
loveable
friendly
frightening
Choose adjectives carefully — they have a big influence on what you want to say.Slide3
The
road ran alongside the
______ river. Simone’s _ _
, _ _ sports car seemed to enjoy the challenge of this
road. Its
____
paintwork
glinted in
the
sun
and its _______
engine roared at each corner. Simone could not imagine a more ___
day.
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Descriptive adjectives
Some adjectives, like
nice
,
big, cute and
pretty, are used too often. Try to think of more precise, interesting adjectives instead. Choose adjectives to complete the sentences below.
winter glorious
twisty blue difficult
perfect mighty
raging new
twisty
raging
new
difficult
perfect
mighty
glorious
winter
blueSlide4
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Some descriptive adjectives are called proper adjectives because they are formed from proper nouns. They usually have a capital letter.
German
sausage
Not every proper adjective has a capital letter —
a
dictionary will show you if it does
.
venetian
blind
brussels
sprout
manila
envelope
the
Australian
outback
Scottish
bagpipes
Chinese
foodSlide5
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Descriptive adjectives
An
adjective describes a noun or pronoun. A descriptive (or describing) adjective gives
colour
, shape, size and feeling to nouns and pronouns.
Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns and usually have capital letters.
In the following sentence, the descriptive adjectives are red and the proper adjective is blue:
Holly slurped a
large
,
steaming
bowl of
Chinese
noodles.Slide6
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