1 : growing or living in or frequenting water aquatic mosquito larvae. 2 : taking place in or on water aquatic sports.

Answer: Marine as an adjective can modify many nouns. One of its most common collocations is the noun life, such as in Overfishing is threatening marine life in the Atlantic Ocean.

Aquatic in a Sentence ?

1. All aquatic activities will take place in the indoor pool.
2. During our trip to the aquatic amusement park, we saw sharks, dolphins, and whales.
3. The aquatic plant can only live in fresh water.
4. When you throw trash in the ocean, you endanger many species of aquatic life.

: a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else The word red in “the red car” is an adjective. adjective.

Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.

Some examples include small, large, square, round, poor, wealthy, slow and. Age adjectives denote specific ages in numbers, as well as general ages. Examples are old, young, new, five-year-old, and. Color adjectives are exactly what they sound like – they’re adjectives that indicate color.

An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. It “describes” or “modifies” a noun (The big dog was hungry). In these examples, the adjective is in bold and the noun that it modifies is in italics.

Adjectives are usually placed before the nouns they modify, but when used with linking verbs, such as forms of to be or “sense” verbs, they are placed after the verb. The latter type of adjective is called a predicative adjective.

Generally, the adjective order in English is:

1. Quantity or number.
2. Quality or opinion.
3. Size.
4. Age.
5. Shape.
6. Color.
7. Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material)
8. Purpose or qualifier.

adjective, loud·er, loud·est. (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.

adjective, kind·er, kind·est. of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.

smart (adjective) smart (verb) smart–mouth (adjective) smarts (noun)

Positive Attitude Adjectives

• Affectionate.
• Agreeable.
• Amiable.
• Bright.
• Charming.
• Creative.
• Determined.
• Energetic.

A: The word “caring” can be a present participle (“He’s caring for his sick child”), a participial adjective (“He is a caring person”), or a gerund (“Caring is a full-time job”). A gerund can be a subject, an object, or the principal part of a noun phrase

The word bad is an adjective and should be used to modify nouns and pronouns. Badly, like most words ending in -ly, is an adverb and is used to modify verbs. The thing that trips most people up is that linking verbs such as to be and to feel take adjectives rather than adverbs.

adjective. cautious in one’s actions: Be careful when you cross the street. taking pains in one’s work; exact; thorough: a careful typist. (of things) done or performed with accuracy or caution: careful research.

adjective, friend·li·er, friend·li·est. characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting. like a friend; kind; helpful: a little friendly advice.

The main difference between an adverb and an adjective is in what they describe: adjectives describe a noun or pronoun, while adverbs are used to describe verbs and other non-nouns/pronouns

Adjectives Ending in -ly Some adjectives, such as friendly, lovely, timely, and masterly, already end in -ly and have no distinct adverb form.

Here carelessly is an adverb that modifies the verb talks. Priya was extremely happy. Here happy is an adjective that modifies the proper noun Priya and extremely is an adverb that modifies the adjective happy.

“happy” is an adjective that qualifies the noun “reading”. “Happy” cannot be a verb, there’s no verb in that sentence but the verb “have” is implied: I wish you have a happy reading, meaning : “I wish you enjoy your reading.”2014年2月26日

In the following examples, the adjectives are red and the adverbs are blue:

• He’s a beautiful singer. – He sings beautifully.
• She’s a very quick runner. – She can run very quickly.
• He’s a careless writer. – He writes carelessly.
• She’s a good worker. – She works well.

Forming adverbs from adjectives

Adjective	Adverb
easy	easily
angry	angrily
happy	happily
lucky	luckily

happy. (intransitive) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up. (transitive) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

Word family (noun) gentleness (adjective) gentle (adverb) gently.

adjective, hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est. delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person. characterized by or indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy: a happy mood; a happy frame of mind. favored by fortune; fortunate or lucky: a happy, fruitful land.