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Describing Words
63 Look at these sentences:
1. This is a fat hen.
2. That is an empty basket. eo
3. These are round tables.
4. Ravi’s shoes are black.
5. These mangoes are sweet. ©
The words fat, empty, round, black and sweet are describing words.
The word fat describes the hen and the word empty describes the
basket. The word round describes the tables.
The shoes are black, so the word black describes the shoes. The
mangoes are sweet, so the word sweet describes the mangoes.
or birds, places
> Describing words describe persons, animals
or things.
> Describing words tell us about the colour, shape and size:
square window big shop
brown socks
> They tell us about some special quality:
hot tea dark clouds
> They may also tell us how many there are:
four glasses Ell in the blanks with suitable describing wory
words from the box below: Tay
22.
1. Mr Lal is a thang _ man. r .
2. Why is Alisha so hay L ?
Ben tat es
3. | cannot climb this [At * -
coconut tree.
i
sore
4. Mrs Yadav is very Tif :
She cannot stay up any longer.
5. These sums are ad 3 Q
| can do all of them. / : i _
1 e
6. The ball has a HOG a shape. j
The giraffe has a neck.
Sal
eee fk
easy long Strong tired round happy Limpy stood near a Hoy plant. Bur
a‘ that did not help. Limpy was ang 1
.
se
Just then Tommy, the big dog,
came there. Limpy told him
everything.
“
“Let us go to the stream,” Tommy
said. “We will have a bath.” Both
Limpy and Tommy jumped into the
water. The water was coal Limpy
was nowbappy— © Read these sentences. Now write the describin,
the naming words they describe:
Describing
Words
| 1. Birbal was wise. AME
2. The apples are juicy.
3. It was a dark night.
4. The question was difficult.
5. Do not go into deep water.
6. Kolkata is a large city.
7. Young children can run fast.
8. Mother cooks tasty food.
9. The milk is hot.
10. Ravi gave a grand party.
11. This is a sharp knife.
'8 Words ang
Naming
Words @ Some describing words are given. Against each of them,
write a word opposite in meaning. Take words from those
given below:
1, weak “strong 2. wet Ney
3. wide “are 4. wise _footigh
5. dark ig We. __ cohtly
7. active 8. happy a icv a
9. poor wich 10. hard pote _
dry soft lazy strong narrow
sad rich costly _ foolish light
03
Divide the class into groups, each group consisting of not more than fifteen students.
Write the following words on the board:
tea tree ~— city snow grass story’ movie
sun road moon _— cloud honey —school_—_elephant
Each student from Group | has to speak two describing words for each naming word in
the list. Prepare similar lists for other groups and continue the activity till every child has
Participated.
Divide the class into groups of seven children each. Write seven describing words in one
column and seven naming words in the other column. For example,
Describing words: green lovely heavy narrow sour dark
Naming words : boxes road vegetables book night _dress
‘Ask the children to match the two columns and give you sentences like this—
Green vegetables are good for health,
Prepare other combinations for other groups.
D These activities make the children familiar with adjective-noun collocations.
interesting
apples
