(ADJECTIVES)(ADJECTIVES)(ADJECTIVES)(ADJECTIVES)

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People

Peter is a fat boy.

Places

This is a beautiful church.

Animals

Mary had a little lamb.

Things

He carries a heavy box.

The words fat, beautiful, little and heavy describe a boy, a church, a lamb and a box. They are, therefore, called describing words. These describing words come before the nouns.

Describing Words

AnswAnswerer

What Kind of

How Many

Of What Colour

QuestionsQuestions

Let us now see………

kind girl.

red cap.

six pens.

rich man.

white dog.

new shoes.

Sita is a

He has a

Hari has

He is a

He has a

Bali has

Therefore Describing words also tell us what kind of, how many, and of what colour, places, animals, persons or things are.

Look at these pictures and read the sentences below

Harry is tall but his sister is short

The woman is young, but the man is old

Ice is cold, but fire is hot

Here Adjectives tall, short, young, old, cold and hot come after the Nouns Hari, sister, woman, man, ice and fire.

So what did we learn?........

• Describing words or adjectives describe a noun

• Adjectives can come before a noun

• Adjectives can also come after a noun

A. Underline the Adjectives in the following sentences

1. They lived in a white house.

2. Rani has a new frock.

3. Lions are strong animals.

4. Joshi is an honest man.

5. The rose is a beautiful flower.

6. The old man walked slowly.

7. There are thirty boys in our class.

EVALUATION

B. Put Adjectives in the blank spaces, using Adjectives from the words given below.

Hot sweet sharp long four cold black sour red white

1. She has ________balloons.

2. Honey is _______.

3. The knife is_______.

4. Asses have _______ears.

5. Fire is _________.

6. Lemons are _________.

7. Silver is _______.

8. Roses are _______.

9. Her hair is _______.

10. Ice is _________.

• The word fat tells us what kind of a boy Peter is – it describes Peter.

Describing People

• The word beautiful tells us what kind of a church it is – it describes the church.

Describing Places

Describing Animals

• The word little tells us what size Mary’s lamb was – it describes the lamb.

• The word heavy tells us what kind of a box the man carries – it describes the box.

Describing Things