Question

Which words in the sentence make up the adverb phrase? Which word does it modify? Cecily gathered the lovely flowers during our visit. A. the lovely flowers; modifies visit B. during our visit; modifies gathered C. the lovely flowers; modifies gathered D. Cecily gathered; modifies flowers

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Adverbs generally modify verbs mostly, and in this case "during our visit" is the answer to the question "when did Cecily gather the lovely flowers?"