Question

In the given sentence, choose the noun in the nominative case:
Ashwin tried his best to convince his father to send him on the excursion trip.

• A. excursion trip
• B. Ashwin
• C. father
• D. convince

Answer 1

The correct option is B Ashwin

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, excursion trip in option A is not performing any action.

The word, Ashwin in option B is a proper noun. Ashwin "tried to convince his father" i.e he performed the action of trying to convince. Hence, this is in the nominative case.

The word, father in option C is a common noun. However, the father is not performing any action in this sentences.

The word, convince in option D, is not a noun. It is a verb.

Hence option B is the correct answer.