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The possessive case of nouns is formed by adding ’s to a noun denoting
a person or an animal. It shows possession or ownership.

M. Identify the case of each highlighted word/phrase. Write N for nominative

case, O for objective case or P for possessive case.

1. Joy’s dog is very naughty.

2. The boys’ bicycles are broken.

3. Mr Menon’s home is in Thrissur.

4. They help jobless people find work.

5. Father’s car is in the garage.

6. The fir trees are shedding their leaves.

7. Mohan brought my books back to me.

8. A leopard runs very fast to catch its prey.

9. Please write your comments about the article.

10. He and his mother will be bringing the flowers.

11. Will Shekhar be the new monitor of the class?

12. Their geography book contains many useful diagrams.

13. The mechanic promised to deliver our car by noon.

14. Jaya volunteered to help us at the social work centre.

15. The newest member of our school football team is Harish.

Let’s Play

Get into pairs. Make a few flashcards with nouns. For example,

boy dog Rati cat spider

Piya horse Grandma stranger Rajiv
Now, make sentences, using each noun in all the noun cases. For example,

• The boy boarded the bus carefully. (nominative case)
• The teacher handed the notebook to the boy. (objective case)
• The boy’s pencil was on the floor. (possessive case)

You can be as imaginative as you can while making the sentences.

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