Question

Read the passage, then identify the adjectival phrases. Katya makes delicious corn bread. The smells wafting from the oven are incredible. When she is making corn bread for breakfast, everyone wakes up ready to eat. The first bite melting in your mouth tastes so good. I love that warm and cozy feeling you get from a hot breakfast. Which phrases in the passage are adjectival phrases? Check all that apply. delicious corn bread wafting from the oven making corn bread ready to eat melting in your mouth warm and cozy

Answer 1

Answer:

- wafting from the oven

- melting in your mouth

- warm and cozy

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answers are:

1. melting in your mouth

2.  warm and cozy

3. wafting from the oven

Explanation:

An adjectival phrase refers to a group of words which contains one or more adjective(s) that describes a noun or pronoun.  Adjectival phrases serve the purpose of making language in a text or speech more lively and descriptive. For instance, in the given passage, the following two phrases are adjectival phrases:

1. "melting in your mouth"

The adjective here is "melting" and it is describes the noun-" cornbread"- making it an adjectival phrase.

2. "...warm and cozy feeling you get from a hot breakfast"

Here, the adjectives that describe the noun, "breakfast", are "warm" and "cozy", thus, making the phrase an adjectival phrase.

3. "Smells wafting from the oven are incredible."

Here, the adjective, "wafting", describes the noun, "smells".