Thursday, May 20, 2010

How to find the Subject of a Verb.

We can find the Subject of a Verb by asking the question “Whom?” or “What?” along with the Verb and its Subject. The Object usually comes after the Verb. The following sentences will explain:

1. The boy ate rice. (What did the boy eat? rice)
2. He killed the dog. (Killed what? The dog)
3. She gate me a book. (Gate whom? me)
(Gate what? A book)

There are two Object in last Sentence. The First Object “me” is the Indirect Object. The second Object “a book” is the Direct Object.

To find the Indirect Object we ask the question, “Whom?” after the verb.
Note: The Subject or Object of a Verb is always a Noun or a Pronoun.

There are three Cases in Modern English. Namely, Nominative Case, Objective Case (or Accusative Case for Direct Object and Dative Case for Indirect Object) and possessive Case ( or Genitive Case).

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