Question

Identify the noun in the nominative case in the following sentence:
The kind king distributed clothes and jewels generously to all the needy people on his birthday.

• A. kind
• B. clothes
• C. people
• D. king

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

king

Nominative case is the "subject" of the sentence i.e the person/ thing that carries out the verb/action in the sentence. In the given sentence:

The word, kind in option A, is an adjective and not a noun.

The word, clothes in option B is a common noun. However, this word is not in nominative case as the clothes do not perform any action.

The word, people in option C is a common noun. However, this word is not the noun in nominative case as it is not performing any action.

The word, king in option D, is a common noun. It performs the action of "distributing clothes and jewels" . Hence, this is in nominative case.

Hence Option D is the correct answer.