Question

Which phrases from the passage are adjectival phrases? Check all that apply.

Answer 1

Answer:

Bright orange

Dripping off the sticks

Howling and crying in the dark

Incredibly obnoxious and immature

Explanation:

The passage you were given is the following:

Camping can be fun. We sat around a bright orange campfire and toasted marshmallows. The marshmallows dripping off the sticks tasted delicious. We stayed up late and told scary stories until bedtime. The animals howling and crying in the dark frightened us. Then, we found out it was just my incredibly obnoxious and immature brother making the noises.

An adjectival phrase is a group of words used to describe a noun or a pronoun, i.e. a group of words that functions as an adjective. To identify an adjectival phrase, we can ask questions such as: What kind is it? What is it like? How many are there? Which one is it?

What is the campfire like? Bright orange.

Which marshmallows tasted delicious? The ones dripping off the sticks.

Which animals frightened us? The ones howling and crying in the dark.

What is my brother like? Incredibly obnoxious and immature.

Camping is a single word and a noun, while the phrase stayed up late and told scary stories is a verb phrase.