Grammar: Word classes: Adjectives

Describing qualities and attributes

The senses

We often describe something in terms of the way we perceive it through our sense of touch, taste, smell, or hearing (as well as sight).

Touch

When we touch something, we react to such things as temperature, texture, etc:

Taste

We often describe food and drink in terms of how they taste:

	bitter	bland	oily
	salty	spicy	sweet

Smell

We can describe what we smell by using adjectives such as:

	faint	mouldy	perfumed
	pungent	strong	sweet

Hearing

The sounds we hear can be described as:

	loud	noisy	quiet
	raucous	silent	soft