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Which words make up the adverbial phrase in the sentence?

That young man is a creative artist who paints with great skill.

A. That young man

B. with great skill

C. who paints

D. is a creative artist

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Answer:

B. with great skill

Step-by-step explanation:

With great skill is a prepositional phrase used as an adverb. Therefore, with great skill is the adverbial phrase in the sentence.

Compare these sentences:

That young man is a creative artist who paints skillfully.

That young man is a creative artist who paints with great skill.

Skillfully is an adverb modifying the verb paints. Instead of a verb, you can use a phrase, with great skill, which will serve the same purpose (modifying the verb paints).

Another way to solve this problem is to ask this: which of the options answers the question of an adverb, i.e. "How?" or "In what manner?" or "In what way?" You will see that only the second phrase does. B is your answer.

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