Colouring Your Writing
The remaining parts of speech can be used to enhance your
writing.AdjectivesandAdverbsaremodifiers. To modify
means to add a word to another word to increase, lessen or
change slightly its meaning.
Describing the nouns
Adjectivesare words which modify nouns or pronouns. A
noun by itself can be very stark. It also does not always
provide enough information. If you ask in a shop for
oranges, you do not need to describe them but if you need
help in buying a coat, you will have to give more informa-
tion. Adjectives will be required to describe it:
blue long red short thick thinWhen writing, adjectives can add colour to your sentences
and enable you to paint a picture with words. They are
always related to a noun or pronoun and the most common
ones are those which describe some quality in a person or
thing.
Positioning your adjective
Adjectives can be placed before the noun, as in the following
sentences:
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