Grammar: Word classes: Adjectives
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Describing qualities and attributes | |
Size and shape
When we want someone to picture something in their mind, it helps if we can describe its size, shape, quantity, extent, weight, and so on:
Size/weight
Many of these adjectives describe 'opposites':
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Some, however, can be seen along a 'scale':
massive/great/huge/enormous > large/big > medium > little/small > tiny
When we describe something in terms of its shape, we can use geometric descriptions:
| cylindrical | flat | oval |
| rectangular | round | solid |
| spherical | square | triangular |
We can also use more 'natural' descriptions:
| crooked | curved | flowing |
| jagged | jelly-like | pear-shaped |
| roly-poly | slim | straight |
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