Answer:
The underlined prepositional phrase "to the front door" is used in the sentence as an adverbial phrase
Explanation:
The question is not complete since it does not provide the complete information, here is the complete question:
Read the sentence.
Hearing the key in the lock, the delighted dog dashed to the front door.
How is the underlined prepositional phrase used in the sentence?
A.as an adjectival phrase
B.as an adverbial phrase
C.as a noun phrase
D.as a verb phrase
An adverbial phrase is a group of words working as an adverb, it does not include a subject if this is the case it is no longer an adverbial phrase it becomes an adverbial clause, then "to the front door" is an adverbial phrase that is being used as an adverbial of place, one of the common structures of adverbial phrases start with the preposition as the example starts with "to".
