CASES OF NOUNS AND PRONOUNS

• Nominative Case

  Subjective Nouns and Pronouns act as subjects in a sentence.

  >Subjective pronouns: I, You (singular/plural), He, She, It, We, They, and Who

  • I graduated with flying colors.
  • You are my best friend.
  • You are the future scholars of the nation. He owns a resort in Laguna.

  >Predicate Nominative Nouns and Pronouns follow a linking verb (is, am, are, was, were) and are used to

  identify or rename the subject of the sentence.

  • She is a teacher.
  • The winner of the prestigious award is she. He is the guitarist.
• Objective case


  Used when the noun or pronoun serves as the receiver of the action or the indirect object in the sentence
• Nouns and Pronouns can be

  • Direct objects
  • Indirect objects
  • Objects of a preposition
• Direct objects


  • Direct receiver of the action or verb (answers the questions what or whom)
• Direct objects


  • Do you enjoy surfing?
  • Eric courted her.
• Indirect objects


  • Noun or pronoun that tells "to whom" or "for whom" the action was done
• Indirect objects


  • I made lunch for my partner.
  • He passed the pencil to his seatmate.
  • Have you told me everything?
• Objects of a preposition


  • A noun or pronoun that follows a preposition
• Objects of a preposition


  • She walked through the park.
  • She is waiting for a call from the hiring manager.
  • The fox jumped over the fence.
• Possessive Case

  A noun is in its possessive case if it owns something.

  • Patricia’s new book was launched last year. Marie’s suitor lives in a gated community.

  Possessive pronouns have two types

  1. my, your (singular/plural), his, her, its, their, our
  2. Independent possessive pronouns - mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs - don’t need nouns after them.

  • That is my bag.
  • That building is theirs.
  • The cat has lost its kittens.