Grammar Lesson:
Objective and Subjective Case
Alejandro, Malika
Christopher, Julia
Lesson 11
Objective Case
Use the objective form of a personal pronoun
when the pronoun functions as a direct object,
indirect object or object of preposition. Also use
the objective form when the pronoun is a part of
a compound object.
Examples:
Singular me
Plural
us
you
you
him, her, it
them
Objective Case
Sentences:
• The imperious clouds that were ever-present in the
town made her feel sad.
• His injunction was directed towards me.
• The mendicant begged her for some loose change.
• It led to a series of queries that left the teacher very
confused.
• He’s the one who saved you from your servile lifestyle.
Subjective/Nominative Case
Use the subjective form of a personal pronoun
when the pronoun functions as a subject or a
predicate nominative. A subjective pronoun may
be used as a part of a compound subject.
Example:
Singular I
you
Plural
we you
he, she, it
they
Subjective/Nominative Case
Sentences:
• I beseeched my mother to let me go to the movies.
• Do you ever get tired of cajoling your parents to buy
you an iPod?
• After she managed to convince everyone, a round of
applause was elicited.
• He was enjoined from joining the band after he hit the
lead singer.
• It became an urgent exigency once he started bleeding
out of his eye.
Mini Quiz Time!
Mini Quiz
Instructions: Name the Objective or Subjective
nouns in each sentence:
Exercise #1:
He saved me from the life of a mendicant by
offering me a job.
Answer: He and me are the
objective nouns.
Mini Quiz
Exercise #2:
I told him to do his job and he called me
imperious.
Answer: I is the subjective noun in
this sentence.
Mini Quiz
Exercise #3:
He and his followers searched for the fountain in
Florida but never appeared to him and them.
Answer: He is subjective
and him and them are objective.