Descriptive Adjectives

A descriptive adjective :

 is a word which describes nouns and pronouns. Most of the adjectives belong in this type. These adjectives provide information and attribute to the nouns/pronouns they modify or describe. Descriptive adjectives are also called qualitative adjectives.

Participles are also included in this type of adjective when they modify a noun.

Examples:

• I have a fast car. (The word ‘fast’ is describing an attribute of the car)
• I am hungry. (The word ‘hungry’ is providing information about the subject)
• The hungry cats are crying.
• I saw a flying Eagle.

Definition of Descriptive Adjectives:

A word that describes a noun/pronoun is called a descriptive adjective. It bestows a quality/feature to the noun.

Examples of Descriptive Adjective in Sentences: 

• Alex is a nice person.
• He is a cricketer.
• I bought a genuine product.
• I am a self-reliant man.
• He has a beautiful niece.
• She is a clever girl.
• Give me that red big grammar book.
• I have an old touring car.
• He bought an expensive old silver mirror.
• He gave me four gorgeous yellow roses.
• I want to buy a diamond ring.
• She loves golden jars.
• I want to throw a surprise party for her.
• Give me that big brown pad.
• We ate some delicious food.
• He plays with an enormous bat.
• Robin is a hard-working person.  
• Shaun is an exciting cricketer.
• Watson is a dashing all-rounder.
• We caught a running kangaroo.
• Don’t eat in that broken plate.