The apartment directly above ours was finally rented last week after two months of vacancy. Which group of words from the sentence includes both an adjective phrase and the word or words it modifies?

a. was finally rented last week

b. the apartment was finally rented

c. after two months of vacancy

d. the apartment directly above ours

First of all, a phrase cannot have a verb in it, so B is definitely not the correct answer, as well as A.

C is an adverb phrase, so that is also not correct.

The correct answer is D. the apartment directly above ours.

There is the noun - the apartment - and the adjective phrase that describes it - directly above ours.

What apartment? (The one) directly above ours.

I will have to go with answer choice B.) The apartment was finally rented

Why? Well let me show you why I say it is.

The Apartment - Tells us the word/word it modifies

Finally rented - this describes the apartment as being "rented" so thus B.) is correct.

The others are not correct because they are either missing an adj. phrase or noun/pronoun.