Question

Choose the word/phrase that is the adverbial qualification/extension in the predicate:
As the soldier arrived home, his dog wagged his tail frantically.

• A. As
• B. the soldier
• C. wagged
• D. frantically

Answer 1

The correct option is D frantically

The part of a sentence excluding the subject is the predicate. The verb in the predicate is often modified by an adverb or its equivalent, known as the adverbial qualification in that predicate.
In the sentence, "frantically" is an adverb of manner, it qualifies the verb "wagged". Hence it is the adverbial qualification and option D is correct. "As" is a conjunction, it is used in complex sentences, like the one given. "The soldier" is a subject and "wagged" is a verb that is being modified. Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.