Use the drop-down menus to identify the case of the underlined pronoun in each example. (subjective, objective or possessive)

Katie's dog likes to swim. Mathew's dog doesn't. Hers is in the water now.

The dogs waited patiently. Katie and Mathew usually walked them after dinner.

At the end of the day, the dogs were tired. They went to bed.

1. Hers - possessive case

2. them - objective case

3. they - subjective case

Explanation:

In grammar, the case is a form that a noun/pronoun takes in a sentence, which is determined by its function in a sentence. If a noun/pronoun is the subject of a sentence, its case is subjective. This can be seen in the third example, where 'they' is the subject of the sentence "They went to bed." Similarly, if it is the object of the sentence, the case is objective (as "them" in the second sentence). When it possesses something, its case is possessive. Possessive case pronouns are "mine," "yours," "his," "hers" (as in the first sentence), "its," "ours," and "theirs."

1. Hers - possessive case

2. them - objective case

3. they - subjective case