Describing Words [Adjectives]

Lesson 1 (For Class 3, 4 & 5)

Activity 1: Describing Animals, Things & People

Here are some words which help us to say something about people, place, animal, birds and things. Write the words in the blank space before the nouns.

Fat, Brave, Dark, Red, Blue

  1. __________ night
  2. __________ soldier
  3. __________ rose
  4. __________ cat
  5. __________ sky

Language Note:

We use the words Fat, Brave, Dark, Red and Blue to describe things, animals and people. They are called describing words. 

Activity 2: Choosing the Correct Describing Words

Choose the correct describing words to complete each sentence:

  1. The (blue, angry) sky was clear and sunny.
  2. She is a (happy, tall) girl with a big smile.
  3. The (small, brave) fox jumped over the fence.
  4. He wrote with a (sharp, big) pencil.
  5. The (fat, young) cat slept on the couch.

Lesson 2 (For Class 6, 7 & 8)

Adjectives

In lesson 1, you have learnt about describing words. These words describe or tell us more about a person, place, animal or thing. 

In grammar, such describing words are called adjectives.

Adjectives describe or tell us more about nouns. Look at the following table. In the left column, there is 

AdjectiveNoun [person, place, animal or thing]