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Is the underlined phrase an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase?


Early in the morning, the animals begin the search for

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food.


A.

adverb phrase


B.

adjective phrase

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The correct answer to the question stated above
is:


A. adverb
phrase


Adverb phrase is a type of phrase which modifies
a verb, adverb, or adjective and answers the 5 Wh-questions. In this case, the
adverb phrase tells when the animals search for food.

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Early in the morning, the animals begin the search for food.

Answer:

A.  adverb phrase

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 can modify a verb, an adverb, or an adjective.

In this sentence, the underlined phrase is in the morning. It is an adverb phrase because it modifies the adverb 'early'.  It is answering the question "When?"  

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