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.
Direct objects may be compound.
Example:
The car hit the tree and the
fence.
The car hit whom or what?
Tree and fence answer the
question, so tree and fence are the direct objects.
The car hit the tree and the
fence.
Instructions: Find the subjects, verbs, and direct objects in these sentences.
1. The students of these lessons have studied subjects and verbs.
2. The hungry man ate cake, pie and rolls continually.
3. John wants a bicycle and a wagon for Christmas.
4. Everyone at the party enjoyed the hamburgers, hot dogs, potato chips and
drinks.
5. Grandma left her umbrella and coat at our house.
--For answers scroll
down.
Answers:
1. students = subject / have studied = verb / subjects, verbs = direct
objects
2. man = subject / ate = verb / cake, pie, rolls = direct objects
3. John = subject / wants = verb / bicycle, wagon = direct objects
4. Everyone = subject / enjoyed = verb / hamburgers, hot dogs, potato chips,
drinks = direct objects
5. Grandma = subject / left = verb /
umbrella, coat = direct objects
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