Note:- The words that describe or tell something about a naming word/noun are called Describing Words.
Eg – happy, tall, fat, thin and two tell us something about naming word.
Note:- Describing words (or adjectives) tell us what kind of, how many, what colour/shape, etc, persons, places or things are.
3. Read the following extracts from A.3 ‘Dolphins’ (Unit – Animal World) and A.2 ‘The God of River’ (Unit – Nature Cares) of My English Reader and underlinethe describing words.
a) Dolphins are usually gentle but sometimes they get angry. When they are angry, they make loud, clapping noise with their jaws. Dolphins are often very halepful.
View AnswerAns. Dolphins are usually gentle but sometimes they get angry. When they are angry, they make loud, clapping noise with their jaws. Dolphins are often very helpful.
b) He was tall and fair and held a golden pot in his hand. But he looked sad.
View AnswerAns. He was tall and fair and held a golden pot in his hand. But he looked sad.
4. Fill in the blanks with suitable describing words from the Aid Box.
AID BOX – blue, beautiful, two, fat, ugle, golden, cruel
Cindrella was a ______________ girl. She had ___________ hair and ____________ eyes. She lived with her _____________ step-sisters. They both were _____________ and _________________. They did not like Cinderalla. Even her step-mother was _____________ towards her.
View AnswerAns. Cinderella was a beautiful girl. She had golden hair and blue eyes. She lived with her two step-sisters. They both were fat and ugly . They did not like Cinderella. Even her step-mother was cruel towards her.
Worksheet II
1. Read the following story. Some nouns (naming words) have been underlined. Encircle the describing words for each of the underlined nouns.
The Poor Lady and the Little Lamb
Once upon a time there lived an old lady. She was very poor. She led a lonely life. One day she got a little lamb with green eyes and white fur. The kind lady started looking after the lovely lamb. Then, one day, a man who had red eyes and a long beard came to the old lady’s small hut. He told the lonely lady that he was the ower of the lovely lamb. The lady heard this and became sad Seeing this the man told her that he had come there only to see if the elderly lady was taking proper care of the small lamb. He did not want to take the innocent lamb back. The old lady thanked the kind man and lived happily thereafter.
View AnswerAns. Once upon a time there lived an old lady. She was very poor. She led a lonely life. One day she got a little lamb with green eyes and white fur. The kind lady started looking after the lovely lamb. Then, one day, a man who had red eyes and a long beard came to the old lady’s small hut. He told the lonely lady that he was the ower of the lovely lamb. The lady heard this and became sad Seeing this the man told her that he had come there only to see if the elderly lady was taking proper care of the small lamb. He did not want to take the innocent lamb back. The old lady thanked the kind man and lived happily thereafter.
2. Work with your partner and write at least five describing words each for the following.
a) bag
i) _____________
ii) _____________
iii) ____________
iv) ____________
v) ____________
View AnswerAns. i) new bag
ii) torn bag
iii) big bag
iv) small bag
v) black bag
b) grapes
i) ____________
ii) ___________
iii) ___________
iv) ___________
v) ____________
View AnswerAns. i) green grapes
ii) black grapes
iii) sweet grapes
iv) sour grapes
v) fresh grapes
c) house
i) ____________
ii) ___________
iii) ___________
iv) ___________
v) ____________
View AnswerAns. i) big house
ii) white house
iii) dirty house
iv) old house
v) clean house
d) day
i) ____________
ii) ___________
iii) ___________
iv) ___________
v) ____________
View AnswerAns. i) sunny day
ii) cold day
iii) hot day
iv) rainy day
v) short day
e) king
i) ____________
ii) ___________
iii) ___________
iv) ___________
v) ____________
View AnswerAns. i) wise king
ii) cruel king
iii) smart king
iv) short king
v) brave king
f) neighbour
i) ____________
ii) ___________
iii) ___________
iv) ___________
v) ____________
View AnswerAns. i) old neighbour
ii) new neighbour
iii) kind neighbour
iv) helpful neighbour
v) cruel neighbour
Worksheet III
1. The following groups of words contain one wrong describing word. Underline it.
a) chocolate
soft, tasty, sweet, harmful, slow
View AnswerAns. slow
b) dress
[/expand]new, red, clever, costly, neat
View AnswerAns. clever
c) book
soft, holy, interesting, good, old
View AnswerAns. soft
d) movie
exciting, rich, boring, entertaining, long
View AnswerAns. rich
e) baby
naughty, active, cute, thick, innocent
View AnswerAns. thick
2. Add at least one describing word before the underlined nouns and rewrite the sentences in the space provided.
a) The princess was sleeping on her bed
View AnswerAns. The beautiful princess was sleeping on her big bed
b) The lady gave the boy some money.
View AnswerAns. The old lady gave the big boy some money.
c) The clouds covered the sky.
View AnswerAns. The black clouds covered the blue sky.
d) The nightingale sang a song.
View AnswerAns. The beautiful nightingale sang a sweet song.
e) The baby broke the inkpot.
View AnswerAns. The cute baby broke the blue inkpot.
f) The soldier killed the enemy.
View AnswerAns. The brave soldier killed the cruel enemy.
g) The student solved the question.
View AnswerAns. The brilliant student solved the difficult question.
Do it Yourself
1. Circle the describing words in the following story.
A rich man once employed a mahout for his pet elephant. The mahout was a cruel man and did not love the elephant. One day he went to a busy market riding on the elephant. He feltthirsty and bought a tender cocounut to drink its sweet juice. He broke the coconut on the elephant’s head. The elephant was very angry. He was a clever creature and thought of teaching the heartless mahout a lesson. On the way back, the elephant saw a big coconut tree laden with green and juicy coconuts. The elephant plucked a huge coconut with its long trunk and gave the mahout mighty blow on the head with the coconut.
View AnswerAns. A rich man once employed a mahout for his pet elephant. The mahout was a cruel man and did not love the elephant. One day he went to a busy market riding on the elephant. He felt thirsty and bought a tender cocounut to drink its sweet juice. He broke the coconut on the elephant’s head. The elephant was very angry. He was a clever creature and thought of teaching the heartless mahout a lesson. On the way back, the elephant saw a big coconut tree laden with green and juicy coconuts. The elephant plucked a huge coconut with its long trunk and gave the mahout mighty blow on the head with the coconut.