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Which words make up the adverb phrase in the sentence? which words does the adverb phrase modify? many early cities were built around forts.

a. many early; modifies cities wereb. were built; modifies early citiesc. early cities; modifies were builtd. around forts; modifies were built

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Answer:

d. around forts; modifies were built

Step-by-step explanation:

An adverb phrase is a kind of prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb. Therefore, it answers the questions Where? When? How? or Why? and modifies a verb.

In the last sentence, we have an adverb phrase:

around forts

It modifies the verb 'were built'. It is answering the question "Where?"

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it is answer d. around forts is the adverb phrase and it modifies built
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