In the following sentence, the words calm, friendly history serve as what type of phrase?

The boy needed a male role model, and the calm, friendly history teacher was the perfect one.

Question 3 options:

A)

Prepositional phrase

B)

Adverbial phrase

C)

Participial phrase

D)

Adjective phrase

1 answer

In the sentence provided, the words "calm, friendly" are used to describe the noun "history teacher," functioning as adjectives. Therefore, they make up what is known as an adjective phrase.

The correct answer is:

D) Adjective phrase.