Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes the person, place, animal or thing.

Adjectives add to the meaning of a noun or a pronoun.

Adjectives describe the kind, colour, size, shape, quality, number and quantity of a noun.

Examples :

• She is a wise girl.
• She is a tall girl.
• She is a polite girl.
• She is a beautiful girl.

Adjectives are quality words. They describe qualities of nouns or pronouns.

Opposite of Adjectives

Read the sentences :

• An elephant is a huge animal.
• A mouse is a small animal.

The adjectives huge and small are opposites.

Here are some more pairs of adjectives that are opposites :

• tall - short
• dry - wet
• happy - sad
• sweet - sour
• fast - slow
• young - old