WEBVTT 00:00.560 --> 00:03.010 Welcome to this tutorial. 00:03.140 --> 00:08.100 Today we're going to talk about descriptive adjectives. 00:08.120 --> 00:09.390 Let's get started. 00:12.140 --> 00:21.410 Remember that an adjective is a word or set of words that modifies In other words describes a noun or 00:21.410 --> 00:23.630 pronouns. 00:23.800 --> 00:34.140 Note that adjectives may come before or after the words they modify as in the example over here this 00:34.440 --> 00:36.070 is a cute cat. 00:36.300 --> 00:45.610 The adjective cute describes the noun cat and it comes before the noun and in the sentence. 00:45.630 --> 00:47.700 This cat is cute. 00:47.700 --> 00:58.890 Again the adjective cute modifies or describes the noun cat but it comes after the noun. 00:58.980 --> 01:07.380 Note that descriptive adjectives describe nouns or pronouns in detail by giving an attribute to that 01:07.440 --> 01:18.270 particular word remember that they usually express things through the five senses touch taste sight 01:18.630 --> 01:24.870 smell and sound a look at the example over here. 01:24.870 --> 01:29.280 This is a delicious sandwich. 01:29.470 --> 01:40.470 Now the adjective delicious modifies or describes the taste of the sandwich. 01:40.490 --> 01:47.570 Note that descriptive adjectives can be organized into the following categories. 01:47.580 --> 01:56.130 A simple adjectives are the most basic type of descriptive adjectives. 01:56.170 --> 01:59.190 Have a look at the example below. 01:59.350 --> 02:02.680 It was a beautiful day yesterday. 02:02.680 --> 02:10.210 Clear sky Sweet Smell of blossoming trees green grass cheerful people. 02:10.210 --> 02:17.990 It seemed as if the world had united to celebrate the coming of spring. 02:18.050 --> 02:29.560 Note that the adjective beautiful describes the day clear describes the sky Sweet Smell of blossoming 02:29.560 --> 02:37.220 trees green color of the grass cheerful feeling of the people 02:41.380 --> 02:49.030 b compound adjectives are created when two words are combined to create a descriptive adjective. 02:49.300 --> 02:59.080 Now the two words are typically connected with a hyphen since the example below Pam was a baby faced 02:59.170 --> 03:09.580 long legged girl baby faced and long legged are adjectives that describe the girl and they are connected 03:09.940 --> 03:10.720 with a hyphen.