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Mariaswims.

The student is Maria.

Maria’s bathing suit

Anna loves Maria.

The gift is for Maria.

Maria as Subject:

Maria as Subject Complement:

Maria as Possessive Noun:

Maria as Direct Object:

Maria as Object of the Preposition for:

1.15 Overview of Uses of Nouns

Congratulations! You now have learned about the many jobs
nouns can do. Nouns play an important part when building
your understanding of the English language. We conclude this
chapter with a Venn diagram that summarizes how the noun
trophy can be used when forming sentences.

This diagram shows you that no matter what job nouns are
doing, they remain nouns.

The next summary illustrates the jobs nouns
can do by using the noun Maria.

Nouns

Noun used as

Subject

The trophy

belongs to Ben.

Noun used as

Direct Object

Ben loves

the trophy.

Noun used as

Possessive Noun

The trophy’s cup

is big.

Noun used as

Subject

Complement

The prize is

the trophy.

Noun used as

Object of

Preposition

Ben builds a shelf

forthe trophy.

Venn Diagram