Question

Which words make up the adverb phrase in the sentence? which words does the adverb phrase modify? many early cities were built around forts.
a. many early; modifies cities wereb. were built; modifies early citiesc. early cities; modifies were builtd. around forts; modifies were built

Answer 1

it is answer d. around forts is the adverb phrase and it modifies built

Answer 2

Answer:

d. around forts; modifies were built

Explanation:

An adverb phrase is a kind of prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb. Therefore, it answers the questions Where? When? How? or Why?  and modifies a verb.

In the last sentence, we have an adverb phrase:

around forts

It modifies the verb 'were built'. It is answering the question "Where?"