Examine these sentences:
1. John threw a stone.
2. The horse kicked the boy.
In sentence 1, the noun John is the Subject. It is the answer to the question, "Who threw a stone"?
The group of words threw a stone is the Predicate.
The Predicate contains the verb threw.
What did John throw?-A stone. Stone is the object which John threw. The Noun stone is therefore called the Object.
In sentence 2 above, the Noun horse is the Subject. It is the answer to the question,"Who kicked the boy"?
The Noun boy is the object. It is the answer to the question, "Whom did the horse kick"?
When a noun (or pronoun) is used as the Subject of a verb, it is said to be in the Nominative Case.
When a noun (or pronoun) is used as the Object of a verb, it is said to be in the Objective (or Accusative) Case.
Note--To find the nominative, put Who? or What? before the verb. To find the Accusative, put Whom? or What? before the verb and its subject.
A Noun which comes after a preposition is said to be in the Accusative Case:as,
The book is on the desk.
The desk is the Accusative Case, governed by the preposition in.
Read the following sentences:
Hari broke the window. (Object)
The window was broken. (Subject)
It will be seen that noun in English have the same form for the Nominative and Accusative.
The Nominative generally comes before the verb, and the Accusative after the verb. Hence they are distinguished by the order of words, or by the sense.e.g
1. Rama gave a ball.
2. Rama gave Hari a all.
In each of these sentences the noun ball is the Object of gave.
In the second sentence we are told that Hari was the person to whom Rama gave a ball.
The noun Hari is called Indirect Object of the verb gave.
The noun ball, the Ordinary Object, is called the Direct Object.
It will be noticed that the position of the Indirect Object is immediately after the verb and before the direct Object.
1. John threw a stone.
2. The horse kicked the boy.
In sentence 1, the noun John is the Subject. It is the answer to the question, "Who threw a stone"?
The group of words threw a stone is the Predicate.
The Predicate contains the verb threw.
What did John throw?-A stone. Stone is the object which John threw. The Noun stone is therefore called the Object.
In sentence 2 above, the Noun horse is the Subject. It is the answer to the question,"Who kicked the boy"?
The Noun boy is the object. It is the answer to the question, "Whom did the horse kick"?
When a noun (or pronoun) is used as the Subject of a verb, it is said to be in the Nominative Case.
When a noun (or pronoun) is used as the Object of a verb, it is said to be in the Objective (or Accusative) Case.
Note--To find the nominative, put Who? or What? before the verb. To find the Accusative, put Whom? or What? before the verb and its subject.
A Noun which comes after a preposition is said to be in the Accusative Case:as,
The book is on the desk.
The desk is the Accusative Case, governed by the preposition in.
Read the following sentences:
Hari broke the window. (Object)
The window was broken. (Subject)
It will be seen that noun in English have the same form for the Nominative and Accusative.
The Nominative generally comes before the verb, and the Accusative after the verb. Hence they are distinguished by the order of words, or by the sense.e.g
1. Rama gave a ball.
2. Rama gave Hari a all.
In each of these sentences the noun ball is the Object of gave.
In the second sentence we are told that Hari was the person to whom Rama gave a ball.
The noun Hari is called Indirect Object of the verb gave.
The noun ball, the Ordinary Object, is called the Direct Object.
It will be noticed that the position of the Indirect Object is immediately after the verb and before the direct Object.
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