Question

Which word in the sentence does the underlined phrase modify?

Small trees and flowering plants decorated the courtyard at the house's center.



A.
decorated


B.
trees


C.
plants


D.
courtyard

Answer 1

@snowflakefrozen @toneka13 @wwhitlock

Answer 2

is it courtyard or decorated ?????? @snowflakefrozen

Answer 3

There is nothing underlined in your quotation.
However, the modifiers are small and flowering.
The trees are not just trees, these are modified into small trees.
The plants are not just plants, these are modified into flowering plants.
The word decorated is a verb.
The word courtyard is a noun.

Answer 4

hope i helped

Answer 5

at the house's center. is underlined

Answer 6

?

Answer 7

the underlined words

Answer 8

ok

Answer 9

so what is it now

Answer 10

1 sec trying to find it out

Answer 11

okay

Answer 12

ok i am asking a couple of my friends 1 second

Answer 13

okay

Answer 14

please help

Answer 15

Is there only one answer? I would say trees and plants. There are adjectives before both.

Answer 16

only one

Answer 17

The courtyard is not modified.

Answer 18

Nor is decorated.

Answer 19

Actually, I vote for decorated.

Answer 20

okay thanks!

Answer 21

Let me know whether it's correct or not. (:

Answer 22

okay

Answer 23

i think it is D Sorry for the wait abdiullU

Answer 24

courtyard is modified by the prepositional phrase at the house's center. Prep phrases can modify a verb. Plants and trees are part of the compound subject. They are nouns, so could be modified but they would both be equally modified. And it wouldn't make sense.