A direct object receives the action performed by the subject. The verb used with a direct object is always an action verb. Another way of saying it is that the subject does the verb to the direct object.
To find the direct object, say the subject and verb followed by
whom or what. If nothing answers the question whom or what, you know that there is
no direct object.
Example:
The car hit
the tree.
The car hit whom or what?
Tree answers
the question, so tree is the direct object.
The car hit the tree.
Example:
The car sped past.
The car sped whom or
what?
Nothing answers the question so the sentence has no direct object.
The direct object must be a noun or pronoun. A direct object
will never be in a prepositional phrase. The direct object will not equal
the subject as the predicate nominative, nor does it have a linking verb as a
predicate nominative sentences does.
Instructions: Find the subjects, verbs, and direct objects in the following sentences.
1. Paul built a doll house for Hayley.
2. The club members held a party in the park.
3. The audience cheered their favorite actors during the play.
4. Tiny children prefer short stories.
5. Terri really dialed a wrong number last night.
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Answers:
1. Paul built a doll house for Hayley.
2. The club members held a party in the park.
3. The audience cheered their favorite actors during the play.
4. Tiny children prefer short stories.
5. Terri really dialed a wrong number last night.
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