The trainer praised Francis and him for a successful competition.

Determine the case and function of the underlined pronoun.

possessive; adjective
objective; direct object
nominative; subject
nominative; appositive

'Him' is the underlined pronoun

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Based on the given sentence above and having "him" as the underlined pronoun, the case and the function of the underlined pronoun would be objective case and the function is direct object. This pronoun is in the objective case because this pronoun functions as a direct object in the sentence, wherein, it receives the action of the verb. Hope this helps. 

objective; direct object

A direct object receives the action of the verb. In this sentence Francis and him receive the praise of the trainer. Both Francis and him are direct objects. Since him is used as a direct object the pronoun is in the objective case. Other pronouns that are often direct objects are her, them, me, our. A pronoun used as an adjective describes a noun. A pronoun used as a subject would be she, he , it, they, you, we.