1. Absolute phrase: a word group that modifies a whole clause or sentence. Absolute phrases usually consist of a noun followed by a participle or participial phrase. a. He was known to have written, cigarette in mouth, for hours at a time. 2. Appositive phrase: a noun or a noun phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun. a. I often read Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, my favorite novel. 3. Prepositional phrase: a phrase beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or noun equivalent (called the object of the preposition). a. To the hikers, the brief shower was a welcome relief. 4. Participial phrase: a phrase beginning with a present or past participle and its objects, complements, or modifiers. a. *Hint: A present participle and a verb form ending in –ing. A past participle is a verb form ending in –d, -ed, -n, -en, or –t. <span>b. Running every day, Anna hoped to improve her cardiovascular health</span>
explanation: Because if you postpone your dreams and you don't work to acheive them as soon as you think of them, then they will become lifeless, because you aren't making them a reality.
The possessive pronoun in this sentence is "her" because the book belongs to her, and she owns the book, therefore because she possesses the book, her is the possessive pronoun!