Read the sentence. The Tower of London dates back to the year 1066, is from the same era as Buckingham Palace, is older than Westminster Abbey, and is one of the oldest historical sites in England.

Which noun is modified by the underlined phrase?

the Tower of London
the year 1066
Buckingham Palace
England

The Tower of London

Explanation:

The underlined phrase in the given sentence is is older than Westminster Abbey The noun phrase that is modified (described) by it is the Tower of London.

A noun phrase is a group of words that contains a noun and functions like one. This means that it can function as the subject, object of a verb, object of a preposition, or a complement within a sentence. The main noun in the given phrase is Tower, and this is why we could say that Tower is the noun modified by the underlined phrase.