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The Table Below Contains a List of Nouns and Some Adjectives. Use as Many Adjectives as You Can to Describe Each Noun. You Might Come up with Some Funny Descriptions!

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The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!

Noun

Adjective

elephant

circular, striped, enormous, multicoloured,

round, cheerful, wild, blue, red, chubby, large, medium-sized, cold

face

building

water

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Noun

Adjective

elephant

enormous, cheerful, wild, large, medium-sized,

face

round, cheerful, chubby

building

multi-coloured, blue, red, large, medium-sized

water

blue, cold

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