The overly excited children pushed their way to the front of the room ...

Which of the following is an adjectival phrase in the sentence above?

A.

to the front

B.

overly excited

C.

of the room

D.

pushed their way

I would say that the adjectival phrase is B. overly excited. An adjective describes a noun, so an adjectival phrase would be a phrase that describes a noun. "overly excited" describes the noun "children." "to the front" and "of the room" are prepositional phrases and "pushed" is a verb.

I would say that the answer is letter b