Question

a tale of two cities by charles dickens (adapted excerpt) the story takes place during the time of the french revolution, the storming of the bastille in paris. during the riots, doctor manettes daughter, lucy darnay, learned that the prison had been attacked and the political prisoners held there, including her husband, were in danger. here doctor manette had ascertained, through the registers on the table, that his son - in - law was among the detainees. he had pleaded hard to the tribunal, in which some members were asleep and some awake, for his life and freedom. in the first frantic greetings lavished on himself as a noted sufferer under the overthrown system, it had been accorded to him to have charles darnay brought before the lawless court, and examined. which type of phrase is the underlined portion of the sentence? a. adjectival phrase b. adverbial phrase c. verb phrase d. absolute phrase

Explanation:

An adverbial phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. The underlined "before the lawless Court" tells where Charles Darnay was brought, modifying the verb "brought". It is not an adjectival phrase (which modifies a noun), a verb phrase (a main - verb and its auxiliaries), or an absolute phrase (a phrase that modifies an entire clause).

Answer:

B. adverbial phrase