Noun cases provide information about a noun’s placement and function in a sentence. It is yet another crucial subject in noun.

Types

NOMINATIVE or SUBJECTIVE CASE

When nouns and pronouns are the subject of a verb, the nominative case is employed.Ask “What?” or “Who?” before the verb to locate a noun in the nominative case.

Example

• Abraham ate the apples.

Because it is the subject, “Abraham” is written in the nominative case. The sentence’s use of the word “ate” is being executed by Abraham.

ACCUSATIVE or OBJECTIVE CASE:

It is referred to as being in accusative or objective case when a noun serves as the subject of a verb in a phrase. It is affected by the verb that the subject performed. Make a question with What or Whom after the verb and its subject in order to discover the word in accusative case.

Example

• He joined the team.

He called who? The answer to this question is team. So, noun team is an object in this sentence for the verb called. Thus, it is in the accusative case.

• My mother bought the cake.

Mother is buying what? The answer to this question is cake. So, noun Cake is an object in this sentence for verb buying. Cake experiences the verb of buying. Thus, it is in the accusative case.

DATIVE CASE

When a noun functions as an indirect object—that is, when it experiences the verb after the direct object—the indirect object is referred to as such. Normally, it follows the verb immediately.) It is referred to as being in the dative case of a verb in a sentence. The people or things for whom or to whom the verb is done are indirect objects.

Example

• Tara bought her mother a gift.

here verb brought is experienced by both gift and mother. The subject first holds the gift and then gives it to her mother. So, noun guft experiences the verb first and thus is the direct object. The noun mother experiences the verb second and so it is the indirect object.

POSSESSIVE CASE

The possessive case expresses a noun’s possession, ownership, or power. That is, this instance demonstrates a connection between two nouns or a noun and a pronoun. The apostrophe and a s are added to the noun to create the possessive case, or we can use the preposition of to indicate this connection.

Keep in mind that to make the possessive case of living things or personified objects, you can use either an apostrophe and a s or the preposition of. However, we only employ the preposition of to make the possessive case of a non-living entity.

Examples

• Ron’s books
• Team’s hardwork
• Tara’s dedication