Directions: Read the sentences below carefully and identify the natur...
The underlined portion acts as the subject of the sentence. Therefore, the underlined portion acts as a noun. No verb is present in the underlined portion. Therefore, the underlined portion is a noun phrase .
Hence, the correct option is (c).
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Directions: Read the sentences below carefully and identify the natur...
Explanation:
1. Noun Phrase:
- The underlined section "to the ruins" in the sentence is functioning as a noun phrase.
- A noun phrase is a group of words that functions as a single unit in a sentence and acts as a noun.
- In this case, "to the ruins" is indicating the destination or goal of finding a way.
2. Adjective Phrase:
- An adjective phrase is a group of words that functions as an adjective in a sentence.
- It provides more information about a noun or pronoun in the sentence.
- For example, "the old house" where "the old" is an adjective phrase describing the noun "house".
3. Adverb Phrase:
- An adverb phrase is a group of words that functions as an adverb in a sentence.
- It provides more information about a verb, adjective, or another adverb in the sentence.
- For example, "very slowly" where "very slowly" is an adverb phrase describing how the action is being performed.
4. Adverb Clause:
- An adverb clause is a group of words that functions as an adverb in a sentence but has a subject and a verb.
- It provides information about the time, place, manner, reason, or condition related to the main clause.
- In the given sentence, there is no subject and verb in the underlined section "to the ruins", making it a noun phrase rather than an adverb clause.
Therefore, the correct nature of the phrase used in the underlined section of the sentence is Noun Phrase.