English-2
Grade-9
Easy
Question
Which of the following parts of speech do adverbial phrases never modify?
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
Hint:
Adverbial phrases are commonly formed when an adverb's intensity is being modified by another adverb. These modifying adverbs are known as mitigators, which decrease the intensity of the main adverb, and intensifiers, which increase its intensity.
The correct answer is: Nouns
Adverbial phrase is a group of words that functions as an adverb in a sentence. That is, it modifies a verb, adjective, adverb, clause, or the sentence as a whole, but it never modifies a noun. Here are some examples of adverbial phrases: very quickly, in a while, just a bit etc.
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