English Grammar | Possessive adjectives

Good evening, we will continue in our English Grammar in Adjectives, we explain, what is adjective? Today we will turn to Adjectives Kinds.

1) Possessive adjectives:

A Possessive adjective (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) is similar or identical to Possessive Pronouns; however, it is used as an Adjective and modifies a Noun or a Noun phrase, as in the following sentences:

_ what is her phone number.

The Possessive Adjective in that sentence, " her " is used to modify the N P " phone number "; the entire N P " her phone number " is Subject Complement.

_ the bakery kind her favorite type of milk.

The Possessive Adjective in this sentence above, " her" modifies the Noun Phrase " favorite type of bread " and the entire Noun Phrase " her favorite type of bread " is the Direct Object of the Verb " kind ".

_ After many years, we returned to our Home

Here the Possessive Adjective " our " modifies the noun " Home " and the Noun Phrase " our home " is the Object of the Preposition " to ".

_ We have lost our way in this city.

In this sentence, the Possessive Adjective " our " modifies " way " and the N P " our way " is the Direct Object of the Compound Verb " have lost ". 

_ In many fairy tales, kids are neglected by their parents.

The Possessive Adjective in this sentence we have, " their " modifies " parents " and the N P " their parents " is the Object of the Preposition " by ".

_ The dog chased its toy down the stairs and into the backyard.

In this sentence, the Possessive Adjective ' its " modifies " toy " and the N P " its toy " is the object of the verb " chased ".