Read this sentence.

we hiked very cautiously and discovered some incredibly old ruins.

which answer identifies an adjective phrase and the word it modifies?

the adjective phrase very cautiously modifies the word hiked.

the adjective phrase old ruins modifies the word incredibly.

the adjective phrase discovered some incredibly old ruins modifies the word cautiously.

the adjective phrase incredibly old modifies the word ruins.

The correct answer is the final option - The adjective phrase incredibly old modifies the word ruins.

A is not correct because very cautiously is an adverb phrase modifying the verb hiked, and not an adjectival phrase. B is also incorrect because the phrase old ruins is not an adjective phrase, but rather a noun phrase. Option C is incorrect because discovered some incredibly old ruins is a verb phrase rather than an adjective phrase.

This leaves us with option D - the phrase incredibly old is indeed an adjective phrase used to modify, or describe the noun ruins. It tells us what the ruins are like.

yes, it is ethos.

i hope this !

-maddie

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!