Identify the Part of Speech of the Underlined Word

Question of The Day08-12-2020

The Following sentence has a word or phrase underlined. Read the sentences carefully and find which part of speech the underlined word belongs to.

The neighbour did not pass my ball.

Answer

Correct Answer : c ) Possessive Adjective

Explanation :

The underlined word is to express possession that to whom does the ball belong.

The word ‘my’ qualifies the noun subject ‘ball’; therefore, it is an adjective and not a pronoun. A possessive pronoun is used in the way that it signifies possession.

Example: This ball is mine.

Here, ‘mine’ is the possessive pronoun.

Hence, (C) is the correct answer.

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