Read the following sentence.

Herbert Hoover's son kept a pair of alligators in the White House.

Determine if the prepositional phrase is an adverb or adjective phrase, and identify the word it is modifying.

A.

adjective phrase modifying kept

B.

adverb phrase modifying kept

C.

adjective phrase modifying alligators

D.

adverb phrase modifying alligators

Question

Read the following sentence.


 

Herbert Hoover's son kept a pair of alligators in the White House.

 

Determine if the prepositional phrase is an adverb or adjective phrase, and identify the word it is modifying.



A.
 
adjective phrase modifying kept
 

B.
 
adverb phrase modifying kept
 

C.
 
adjective phrase modifying alligators
 

D.
 
adverb phrase modifying alligators

gabbyalicorn · Answer

option B

anonymous · Answer

how? please clarify

gabbyalicorn · Answer

It is B, since the 'in the White House' is an adjective describing where it was kept.

gabbyalicorn · Answer

It is also the prepositional phrase, which can be removed.

texaschic101 · Answer

an adverb phrase will modify a verb, adj, or other adverb. It answers the questions : when, where, how, or why.

The prep phrase is " in the white house "....this is an adverb phrase modifying the verb " kept " answering the question " where ?"