descriptive words
Descriptive language appeals to all five of our senses: taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound. When used correctly, descriptive words can entertain, persuade, inform, and educate the reader.
While adjectives provide further description for nouns, adverbs add on to verbs. Adverbs take things up a notch, though. They can also modify other adverbs, as well as adjectives. Adverbs can be used to describe concepts such as time, place, circumstance, manner, or degree. Pretty impressive right?
- accidentally
- awkwardly
- always
- anxiously
- angrily
- apathetically
- amusingly
- assertively
- badly
- blindly
- boastfully
- boldly
- bravely
- brightly
- begrudgingly
- blissfully
- cheerfully
- coyly
- cooly
- crazily
- defiantly
- deftly
- deliberately
- devotedly
- doubtfully
- dramatically
- dutifully
- eagerly
- elegantly
- enormously
- evenly
- eventually
- exactly
- faithfully
- finally
- foolishly
- faintly
- frequently
- frivolously
- gleefully
- gracefully
- greedily
- happily
- hastily
- honestly
- hopelessly
- hourly
- hungrily
- innocently
- inquisitively
- irritably
- intelligently
- jealously
- justly
- kindly
- lazily
- loosely
- madly
- merrily
- mortally
- mysteriously
- meagerly
- methodically
- neglectfully
- nervously
- never
- normally
- obediently
- obnoxiously
- occasionally
- often
- only
- perfectly
- politely
- poorly
- powerfully
- promptly
- pointlessly
- quickly
- rapidly
- rarely
- regularly
- rashly
- rudely
- safely
- seldom
- selfishly
- seriously
- shakily
- sharply
- silently
- slowly
- solemnly
- sometimes
- speedily
- sternly
- tactfully
- tragically
- technically
- tediously
- unexpectedly
- usually
- vacantly
- victoriously
- vivaciously
- vividly
- warmly
- wearily
- weekly
- wildly
- weirdly
- yearly
- youthfully
- zealously
When speaking or writing in the English language you are going to need to use descriptive words. But what are these types of words and how can we use them? We will look at the answers to these questions and look at examples of the different types of descriptive words.
- beneficial: Cycling is highly beneficial to health and the environment.
- viable: The committee came forward with one viable solution.
- workable: I’m sure we can come to some workable arrangement.
- efficient: We offer a fast, friendly and efficient service.
- profitable: The advertising campaign proved very profitable.
- comical: The note of pure panic in his voice was almost comical.
- gleeful: The park was full of gleeful children playing on sleds.
- humorous: The film has some mildly humorous moments.
- entertaining: Children’s TV nowadays is much more entertaining.
Descriptive Words
Descriptive Words! This page provides a large list of descriptive adjectives and verbs in English. They have been chosen especially for ESL learners.
For instance, the use of adjectives can help describe a person, place, or thing. Imagine you read a book about a superhero. You might describe this superhero as a brave superhero. The word brave gives us a better idea of what kind of person the superhero is or what he does. Other adjectives could help us understand more about this superhero. He may be tall and strong. Both these tell us about this superhero’s physical features. The descriptive words, in this case adjectives, help us clarify details about the superhero.
This bundle contains 5 ready-to-use Descriptive words worksheets that are perfect to test student knowledge and understanding of what Descriptive words are. You can use these Descriptive words worksheets in the classroom with students, or with home schooled children as well.
References:
http://7esl.com/descriptive-words/
http://www.eslbuzz.com/descriptive-words-in-english-with-examples/
http://eslforums.com/descriptive-words/
http://kidskonnect.com/language/descriptive-words/
http://statistics.laerd.com/statistical-guides/descriptive-inferential-statistics.php