Question

How can you make a sentence more descriptive? Select the best option.

a) By adding more adjective and active verbs
b) By adding more sentences and phrases
c) By adding more facts and evidence
d) By adding more objects to describe

Answer 1

Hint: In a sentence a verb and noun are the main points of attraction. To make the sentence more descriptive details of noun and verb can be enhanced with the use of adjectives and adverbs respectively.
Example –The boy came in running. (To make this sentence more descriptive, we need to add in more adjectives and adverbs.)
The eldest boy came in running. (The boy has been described in a much better way)

Complete answer:

a) By adding more adjectives and active verbs: This is a more suitable way as the number of nouns would remain the same and there will be less chance of the meaning of the sentence being tampered.
b) By adding more sentence and phrase: With the addition of more sentences and phrases the sentence would only elongate unnecessarily, but there is no surety of increase in description
c) By adding more facts and evidence: This can also be done but in a simple sentence like Radha was dancing; there cannot be many facts and evidence that can be added.
d) By adding more objects to describe: With an increase in objects in a sentence, there will be chances of unnecessary elongation and it might also hamper the original meaning of the sentence.

Note: The option ‘a’ is the most optimum solution in order to make the sentence more descriptive.