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a young         man     white          shoes              hot   tea                  anold     man

















                 a   boy                  a thin    boy             a happy       girl            a sad    girl
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          The pink coloured words given above tell us something about the


          noun i.e., they describe the nouns.

          Describing words are called adjectives                        . In the given examples, the

          words girl  boy  face  tree  shoes               , tea   and man       are nouns.
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                 The words short  tall  good  dirty  big  small  hot  cold  black
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          white  thin  old  young  fat  sad and                  happy are describing these nouns.
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          So,  these  are  called  describing  words.  All  describing  words  are
          adjectives.
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                                                                                     Computational Thinking
          1.  Encircle the adjectives in the given sentences :
                 (a)  These eggs are rotten.
                 (b)  I like red roses.
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