Jimmy: Oh Elvis! look at this starry night!
Shining moon, twinkling stars and glittering water...
I am just amazed!
Elvis: Yes, this night is really amazing and you have described it so well by using perfect
adjectives!
Jimmy: Adjectives?
Please tell me more about them.
Elvis: Yes Jimmy.
Look at these examples:
Starry night
Shining moon
Twinkling stars
Glittering water In each of these examples, the highlighted
word describes some or the other quality of different things.
Thus, words
that describe the quality of a person, animal,
place or thing are called adjectives.
For example, Tall man
Brown dog
Small bridge
Conical trees Words for numbers are also called adjectives.
For example, Two benches
Thus, we can say that The words that are used to describe quality, colour, size, shape and
number are called as adjectives.
An adjective also describes how someone or something looks, tastes, feels, smells, or
sounds like.
For example, Cute puppy
Here, ‘cute’ describes the looks of a puppy.
Sweet fruit
Here, ‘sweet’ describes the taste of a fruit.
Cold water
Here, cold describes the feel of the water.
Fragrant breeze Here, ‘fragrant’ describes the smell of
the breeze.
Rustling leaves
Here, ‘rustling’ describes the sound of the leaves.
Jimmy: Wow, Elvis that was so interesting!
I can now make use of correct adjectives to describe the words.
I can now tell my friends too that, the words that describe the quality of a person, animal,
place or thing are called adjectives.
Elvis: Wow, that’s great!
You Smart, intelligent and clever Jimmy!!