Cases of Nouns 1 Subjective Case or Nominative

Cases of Nouns 1. Subjective Case or Nominative Case 2. Objective Case 3. Possessive Case

The subjective or Nominative Case • They are the subject of a sentence. Ex: Mary drove to the store. Mary is the subjective noun as she is the one who drove. • They are used as the predicate noun. Ex: Allen is a pediatrician. Here Pediatrician is the predicate noun as it is telling us or naming what Allen is; he is a Pediatrician. It is linked by the linking Verb ‘is’.

Objective case also called Accusative case • Nouns are reffered to as objective when they are used as direct objects, indirect objects or as objects of a preposition. • Direct Objects: receive action in a sentence. Ex: Show her the book now. Show whom? Show her. So Her is the direct object. • Indirect Objects: receive the direct object and can be identified by locating the direct object first and then asking who received that direct object. Ex: Mark threw at his friend the football. Throw what? The football– which is the direct object. Threw to whom? To his friend, so here friend is the indirect object.

Objects of a Preposition: The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition. For example: He eats with me. With is the preposition, so me is the object of the preposition.

Possessive Nouns • Nouns are considered possessive when they are used to show ownership of something. They will sometimes use an apostrophe, but this is not always the case. • Examples of possessive nouns include: • Mary’s backpack was red. Mary’s is the possessive noun showing ownership of the backpack. • Gerald’s shirt was blue with white stripes. Gerald’s is the possessive noun.