- Nominative case
A noun used as the subject in a sentence is said to be in Nominative case.
To get the nominative case from a sentence, just ask the question Who?
Eg:-Rakesh called her.
When we ask the question Who?, we get the subject of the sentence Rakesh as answer.
So the noun Rakesh is in Nominative case as it is the subject of the sentence.
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- Objective or Accusative Case.
A noun used as the object in a sentence is said to be in Accusative case.
To get the accusative case from a sentence, just ask the question What? or Whom? or to what? or to whom?
Eg: Mathew visited Jancy.
When we ask the question Whom?, we get the object of the sentence Jancy as answer.
So the noun Jancy is in accusative case.
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- Possessive Case or Genitive Case.
A noun used to indicate a possession is said to be in Possessive case.
To get the possessive case from a sentence, just ask the question Whose?
Eg: Martin’s children are studying in this college.
When we ask the question whose? , we get the Possessive case Martin’s as the answer.
- Nouns in Apposition
When one noun follows another to describe it, the noun that follows is said to be in apposition.
Eg: Sachin, the blaster, won the world cup for India.
Here, the noun blaster follows the noun Sachin to describe him.
So the noun blaster is said to be in apposition.