Text types: Particular Descriptions

Describing people and things

Describing people and things using adjective groups

In particular descriptions adjective groups are often used to describe a topic. They are used after the relating verb be. Here are some adjective groups used to describe the topic in the sample particular descriptions. They answer the question What is the character like?:

relating clause topic relating verb be   description - adjective group One of her paws is   white. Granny Gong is   very healthy and energetic. Boris the Bat is   fun. He  is also clumsy ...

When an adjective group is used to describe the topic, there may only be one adjective in the group:

Sometimes there is more than one adjective in the group. In this case the adjectives are joined by and:

We can also add describing information after the adjective:

Sometimes we add an intensifier in front of an adjective in an adjective group:

To see how adjective groups are used to describe in the particular description Boris the Bat, click here:

To see how adjective groups are used to describe in the particular description Granny Gong, click here:

For more information about adjective groups, see Grammar: Groups & phrases: Adjective group: Overview