'Adjectives are words for describing places or things.'

I wouldn't like to live there, it's a scary castle.

• Adjectives are describing words. They tell you more about a noun. They make a difference between dull writing and interesting writing. Simple as that !
• Practice :
• Can you choose an adjective from the list to liven up each sentence ?

Intermediate
English exercise "Adjectives: describing words" created by anonyme (06-12-2005) with The test builder
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1. The new pupil was really a very young gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm boy.
2. She had beautiful black gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm hair.
3. It was frightening to see that gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm wound.
4. It was impossible to read among those gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm people.
5. Mum has just bought me a gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm pair of trainers.
6. My new house is gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm enough for the six of us.
7. Julia was really afraid but she walked bravely to the gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm castle.
8. It was a very nice gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm summer evening when we left the house.
9. A gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm squirrel was sitting on a branch of the oak-tree.
10. We couldn't hear a word she was saying : she was speaking in a very gaping grey large low new noisy scary shiny shy warm voice.