Adjectives that make writing interesting
An adjective describes a noun. It tells us more about a person, an animal or a thing. Adjectives make writing interesting. Compare: The girl had a bag. The friendly girl had a big, colourful bag. The second sentence shows more. Some good adjectives are tiny, huge, shiny, soft, noisy, tasty and brave. In English the adjective comes before the noun: a tiny ant, a huge elephant. Read the story ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ on pages 44–45 of your Student Book and look for words that describe.
| Plain sentence | Interesting sentence |
|---|---|
| The dog ran. | The brave little dog ran fast. |
| I ate a cake. | I ate a tasty chocolate cake. |
| We saw a bird. | We saw a colourful bird. |
Yara has a tiny kitten. The kitten is soft and white. It has bright green eyes and a noisy little voice. Every morning it drinks warm milk. Yara loves her friendly kitten very much.
I saw a bird.
Add an adjective. I saw a colourful bird.
I saw a small colourful bird in a huge tree!
Now your sentence is more interesting.
Adjective makeover. Write five plain sentences, for example I have a hat. The child adds two adjectives to each one and reads the new sentence aloud. Which makeover is the most interesting?