English Grammar — MCQ Nominative | Objective | Possessive Case Direct Object | Indirect Object Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

 

English Grammar — MCQ Nominative | Objective | Possessive Case Direct Object | Indirect Object Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

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Q1. (Nominative Case) Identify the noun in the nominative case in the following sentence: "The brave soldier fought for his country." A. country B. soldier C. brave D. his

Q2. (Objective Case) Identify the noun in the objective case in the following sentence: "The teacher scolded the naughty boy." A. teacher B. The C. naughty D. boy

Q3. (Possessive Case) Identify the noun in the possessive case in the following sentence: "The children's playground was cleaned yesterday." A. playground B. yesterday C. children's D. cleaned

Q4. (Direct Object) Identify the direct object in the following sentence: "She cooked a delicious meal for her family." A. She B. cooked C. a delicious meal D. for her family

Q5. (Indirect Object) Identify the indirect object in the following sentence: "The postman delivered the letters to the residents." A. The postman B. the letters C. delivered D. the residents

Q6. (Nominative Case) Identify the noun in the nominative case in the following sentence: "Honesty is the best policy in life." A. best B. policy C. life D. Honesty

Q7. (Possessive Case) Identify the noun in the possessive case in the following sentence: "My sister's wedding was a grand celebration." A. wedding B. My sister's C. grand D. celebration

Q8. (Direct Object) Identify the direct object in the following sentence: "He read the entire newspaper before going to office." A. He B. read C. going to office D. the entire newspaper

Q9. (Indirect Object) Identify the indirect object in the following sentence: "My mother told me an interesting story at bedtime." A. My mother B. me C. an interesting story D. at bedtime

Q10. (Objective Case) Identify the noun in the objective case in the following sentence: "She gifted her friend a beautiful bouquet of flowers." A. She B. her friend C. beautiful D. bouquet

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Answers with Explanations

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Q1. ✅ B — soldier. The nominative case (also called the subjective case) is used when a noun functions as the subject of the sentence. The brave soldier is the subject — he is the one performing the action of fighting. Brave is an adjective, country is the object of the preposition for, and his is a possessive pronoun. The nominative case always identifies who or what is performing the action.

Q2. ✅ D — boy. The objective case (also called the accusative case) is used when a noun functions as the object of a verb or preposition. The naughty boy is the direct object — he directly received the action of scolding. Ask: scolded whom? — the boy. The nominative case noun here is teacher (subject). The objective case noun receives the action of the transitive verb.

Q3. ✅ C — children's. The possessive case shows ownership or association. Children's indicates that the playground belongs to the children. The possessive case is marked by the apostrophe. Since children is an irregular plural not ending in s, the possessive is formed by adding 's to the word. For regular plurals ending in s (like teachers), only an apostrophe is added: teachers'.

Q4. ✅ C — a delicious meal. The direct object is the noun or noun phrase that directly receives the action of the verb. Ask: cooked what? — a delicious meal. This is the direct object. She is the subject. Cooked is the verb. For her family is a prepositional phrase indicating the beneficiary — it is not the direct object. The direct object always answers what or whom after the verb.

Q5. ✅ D — the residents. The indirect object is the person or thing that indirectly receives the action of the verb — usually the recipient or beneficiary. Ask: delivered to whom? — the residents. This is the indirect object. The letters is the direct object (the thing delivered). The indirect object answers the question to whom or for whom the action of the verb is performed.

Q6. ✅ D — Honesty. Honesty is in the nominative case because it functions as the subject of the sentence — it is the noun about which something is being said. The predicate is is the best policy in life. Abstract nouns like honesty, courage, kindness can also function as subjects and be in the nominative case. The nominative case noun is always the doer or the topic of the sentence.

Q7. ✅ B — My sister's. My sister's is in the possessive case — it indicates that the wedding belongs to or is associated with the sister. The possessive case is formed by adding 's to a singular noun. My is a possessive pronoun (not a noun in possessive case). Wedding and celebration are nouns in the nominative and objective cases respectively, not in the possessive case.

Q8. ✅ D — the entire newspaper. The direct object is the noun or noun phrase that directly receives the action of the verb. Ask: read what? — the entire newspaper. This is the direct object. He is the subject. Read is the verb. Going to office is a participial phrase indicating time and is not an object. The direct object is the primary noun that the action of the verb falls upon directly.

Q9. ✅ B — me. The indirect object is the person who indirectly receives the action of the verb — the recipient of what is given, told, or shown. Ask: told to whom? — me (indirect object). Ask: told what? — an interesting story (direct object). The indirect object usually comes before the direct object in a sentence when no preposition is used. Here me is the recipient of the story.

Q10. ✅ B — her friend. The objective case is used when a noun functions as the object of a verb or preposition. Her friend is the indirect object — the person who received the bouquet. It is in the objective case because it receives the action of the verb indirectly. A beautiful bouquet of flowers is the direct object. Both the direct object and indirect object are in the objective case in English grammar.