Question

Identify the case of the underlined noun in the following sentence:
Sheila's friends gave her presents for her birthday.

• A. Nominative
• B. Objective / Accusative
• C. Possessive
• D. Dative

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Objective / Accusative

Nominative case is the "subject" of the sentence i.e the person/ thing that carries out the verb in the sentence. The words- "Sheila's friends" is in the nominative case. Hence, Option A is incorrect.

Objective case (also called Accusative case) is the "direct object" of the sentence. It is the person/ thing upon whom/ which the action of the verb is carried out. In the given sentence: "presents" is the objective case because it is receiving the action "gave". Hence, Option B is the correct answer.

A noun is said to be in "possessive case" if it denotes ownership/ belonging. In the given sentence, there is no word in the possessive case. Hence, Option C is incorrect.

Dative case is the "indirect object" of the sentence i.e the person/ thing which receives the "Direct object". The word- "her" is in dative case. Hence, Option D is incorrect.