He gave a hurried answer to her question.
in the sentence above the inflection of the word hurried changes
a verb to an adjective
the tense of the verb
both of the above
neither of the above

Correct answer is: a verb to an adjective:

Verbs can  turn into an adjectives by changing into participles.

In this case, they are verb forms ending in ‑ing (present participles) or -ed or -en (past participles), they are used to change nouns.

The hurried answer   hurried = ( characteristic of the answer),

It changed the verb into an adjective.

The word "hurried" in this situation, gives an explanation to the type of answer this person "HE" gives.

the correct answer would be:  

a. adverb phrase

2b2t

explanation:

2b2t