Cases of Nouns

Sidra Asad
 Three Cases of Nouns
Accusative
Case

Nominative Possessive
Case Case
 This noun who is The work being done. This noun is the one
performing some Any action being on whom the action is
action (verb) performed being performed.

Subject (Nominative) + Verb

+ Object (Accusative)
Ali is running in the field
 Nominative Case of Noun

• A noun is in nominative case if it is the

SUBJECT of the verb in a sentence.
• For example: The painter paints the wall.
 Accusative Case of Noun

• A noun is said to be in Accusative case when it is

the direct object of Verb or Preposition.
• The book is on the table.
• The vendor sells mangoes everyday.
 Possessive Case of Noun
• Possessive Nouns- Apostrophe S is used with a name or a thing to show
possessiveness of something. Sometimes “of” is also used to show possession.
• For e.g. Ahmed’s Glasses, Sara’s Phone, the book of rules belongs to Alina.
• Possessive Pronouns
• For e.g. This is mine, yours, ours, his, theirs
• Possessive Adjectives
• For e.g. My son, Your class, His pet, their house
 Possessive case of noun for singular and
plural
• A single noun has apostrophe before the s
• For. e.g. Student’s book, laptop’s cover, Alina’s dog
• A plural noun has apostrophe after the s or es
• For e.g. Students’ class, dogs’ dinner, actors’ pay, Mangoes’ quality