Descriptive Adjectives Lessons

Descriptive Adjectives

What is a Descriptive Adjective?

A descriptive adjective is any word used to describe a noun.

An adjective is, in the simplest sense, a word that describes or alters a noun. However, descriptive adjectives go beyond that; they give additional details about the noun, which makes it easier to visualize the object.

Order of Descriptive Adjective

A descriptive adjective has various ways of changing a noun. It is important to comprehend each of its heads and the proper sequence in which we use them.

Adjectives:
small, big, huge, tiny, gigantic, short, long

Size

Adjectives:
good, bad, smart, dumb, intelligent, brave, coward, nice, expensive, petty, cheap, tiny, lovely, cute

Quality or Opinion

Descriptive Adjective Categories

Adjectives:
round, circular, oval, flat, square, triangular

Shape

Adjectives:
new, old, young, modern, old-school, aged

Age

Adjectives:
Indian, Chinese, American, Italian

Nationality

Adjectives:
black, blue, pink, purple, brown, green

Colour

Adjectives:
office, school, government, singing, teaching

Purpose (noun+adj)

Adjectives:
silver, cotton, gold, leather, silk, plastic, iron

Material

Important Points

1-) When modifying a noun with two or more adjectives from the same category, seperate them with commas. Then, use the conjunction 'and' before the last adjective.

2-) When modifying a noun with two or more adjectives from different category, avoid using commas.

Examples of Important Points

1-) The colour of parrot is green, blue and yellow.
Her dress is silver, cotton and gold.

2-) I am teaching some talented young blonde students.
It is a nice pink Chinese rose flower.

Types of Descriptive Adjectives

Descriptive adjectives are divided into two categories according to their position in a sentence:
1-) Attributive Adjectives
2-) Predicate Adjectives

The adjectives that come after a linking verb
My chair is circular.
This classroom is big.

Predicate Adjectives

The adjectives that are placed before a noun
I am a talented person.
I don't want to buy expensive dress.

Attributive Adjectives

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