Noun as Part of Speech Functions As:

Noun as Part of Speech Functions As:

• 1. The subject of a clause or sentence – The subject in a sentence or clause is the person or thing doing, performing the action of the verb.
  i) The dog ran after the scooter.
  Here, the noun ‘dog’ is performing the action of the verb ‘run’.
  
  ii) Manisha skips lunch every day.
  Here the proper noun ‘Manisha’ is performing the action of the verb ‘skip’.
• 2. An object of a verb Objects –Objects in grammar have three grammatical roles as follows:
  ⇒ the direct object of a verb
  ⇒ the indirect object of a verb
  ⇒ the object of a preposition.
• 3. Direct objects-
  Those objects which receive the action of the verb in a sentence or clause.
  
  (i) The dog ran after the scooter.
  Here the noun ‘scooter’ is receiving the action of the verb ‘run’.
  
  (ii) Manisha skips lunch every day.
  Here the noun ‘lunch’ is receiving the action of the verb ‘skip’.
• 4. Indirect objects- An indirect object is a person or thing that receives the direct object of the verb.
  
  (i) Kindly give Aasha the documents.
  Here, the proper noun ‘Aasha’ is receiving the direct object ‘documents’, which receives the action of the verb ‘give’.
• 5. An object of a preposition- Nouns are also used after prepositions to create prepositional phrases. When a noun is a part of a prepositional phrase, it is known as the object of the preposition.
  
  (i) Your laptop is on the table.
  Here the noun ‘table’ is the object of the preposition ‘on’, which creates the prepositional phrase ‘on the table’.