Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns (e.g. girl, boy, etc.) or pronouns (e.g. we, it, she, he), making your writing and speaking much more specific, and a whole lot more interesting. Adjectives may come before or after the word they modify.

This is a cute cat. This cat is cute.

There are many kinds of adjectives. Among them there is a category descriptive adjectives. Descriptive adjectives describe nouns or pronouns in detail by giving an attribute to that particular word. They usually express things through the five senses (touch, smell, taste, sight and sound).

This is a delicious ice cream

Descriptive adjectives can be organised into the following categories according to their structure:

• Simple adjectives are the most basic type of descriptive adjectives. Aspects such as feelings, time, sound, quantity, taste, appearance, size, age, colour, shape, and material are expressed through simple adjectives.

It was a beautiful day yesterday. Clear sky, sweet smell of blossoming trees, green grass, cheerful people..

• Compound adjectives are created when two words are combined to create a descriptive adjective. The two words are typically connected with a hyphen.

Jane was a baby-faced long-legged girl.