Adjectives are describing words. They describe or provide information about nouns and pronouns and are often the words that make writing (and reading) interesting.
Look at the following two examples:
1) The boy walked towards the castle.
2) The small, frightened boy felt nervous as he walked towards the gloomy, forbidding castle.
Can you see how must more information about a situation is provided when you use adjectives?
* In the first example, all we know is that there is a boy and he is walking towards a castle.
* In the second example, however, the adjectives help us to understand more. We know that the boy is small, so he is probably quite young. We also know that he is frightened and nervous. The description of the castle helps us to understand why he is nervous.
Adjectives describe things such as size, shape, colour, number, taste, attitude, direction, age, weight and sound.
Look at the following two examples:
1) The boy walked towards the castle.
2) The small, frightened boy felt nervous as he walked towards the gloomy, forbidding castle.
Can you see how must more information about a situation is provided when you use adjectives?
* In the first example, all we know is that there is a boy and he is walking towards a castle.
* In the second example, however, the adjectives help us to understand more. We know that the boy is small, so he is probably quite young. We also know that he is frightened and nervous. The description of the castle helps us to understand why he is nervous.
Adjectives describe things such as size, shape, colour, number, taste, attitude, direction, age, weight and sound.