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Case
Read these sentences.
• Father bought a car.
• Kamal kicked the ball.
In these sentences, Father and Kamal are the subjects. They are the subject
of the verbs bought and kicked, respectively. They answer the question: Who did
the action?
The words car and ball are the objects of these sentences. They tell us who/what
received the action of the subjects.
A noun or a pronoun that is used as the subject of the verb is said to be in the
nominative case. A noun or a pronoun that is used as the object of the verb is
said to be in the objective, or accusative case.
K. Identify the nouns in the nominative case and the objective case.
1. The king built a palace.
2. They have adopted a dog.
3. My mother sewed a dress.
4. We visited our grandparents.
5. He kept the book on the table.
6. We made pasta last night.
7. The bride married the bridegroom.
8. The painter created a masterpiece.
9. The vendors were selling fresh vegetables.
10. The students answered the questions correctly.
L. Use each of these words to make sentences, first in the nominative case and
then in the accusative case.
1. tree
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