What is the adverbial phrase in the following sentence? the portrait over the fireplace was painted by my great-uncle from charleston, south carolina. question 29 options: over the fireplace by my great-uncle was painted from charleston, south carolina

In the sentence: The portrait over the fireplace was painted by my great uncle from Charleston, South Carolina.  The adverbial phrase would be: over the fireplace.  This is the correct answer because An adverbial phrase is two or more words that can be used as an adverb.  An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.  

Adverb phrases answer the questions: where, when, how, why.   In this case the question: where? is answered:  over the fireplace.

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the international phonetic alphabet (a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the international phonetic association) is composed of one or more elements of two basic types, letters and diacritics.