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Adjectives describe the quality/features/quantity of the noun in the sentence. Adjectives give additional information about the noun in the sentence. It can modify the noun to denote quality, to indicate its quantity, order or extent, or can act as a complementing verb (action word).
Example:
1. She had a beautiful dress in her closet.
In this statement, the noun (dress) is described by the adjective (beautiful).
Here, the adjective has been used to define the quality of the dress.
2. She had a silky dress in her closet.
In this statement, the noun (dress) is described by the adjective (silky).
Here, the adjective has been used to define the feature of the dress.
In this statement, the noun (dress) is described by the adjective (beautiful).
Here, the adjective has been used to define the quality of the dress.
2. She had a silky dress in her closet.
In this statement, the noun (dress) is described by the adjective (silky).
Here, the adjective has been used to define the feature of the dress.
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Describing words from the lesson:
Note: Emphasised words are describing words in the sentences.
Numbers | Sentences |
1. | Then it was as if the entire sea had come out after them. |
2. | She remembered that she had seen this in class in a video of a tsunami that had hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. |
3. | Deadly tsunami waves were already on their way. |
4. | They had been triggered by a massive earthquake. |
5. | The family took refuge in the third floor of the hotel. |
6. | Tilly went back to her school in England and told her classmates her terrifying tale. |
7. | Before the giant waves slammed into the coast in India and Sri Lanka. |
8. | Wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen. |
9. | They can sense an approaching disaster long before humans realise what’s going on. |
10. | Some experts believe that animals’ more acute hearing helps them to hear. |
11. | Elephants screamed and ran for higher ground. |
12. | According to eyewitness accounts. |
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