Direct Objects
Direct Objects
Direct Objects
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Common Core Language Standard 1
To understand direct objects, we have to understand subjects. A subject is the “do-er” of the sentence. A direct object does nothing; it receives an action. Find the predicate in the sentence and ask Whom? or What? and you’ll find the direct object.
Today’s grammar and usage lesson is on direct objects. Remember that an object receives the action of a verb.
Now let’s read the grammar and usage lesson and study the examples.
A direct object tells whom or what receives the action of the verb. For example, I asked him, and he brought appetizers. The direct objects are him (the whom)and appetizers (the what).
The simple direct object consists of the single word object; the complete direct object consists of the complete object within a phrase or clause. Examples: I saw it. It destroyed the whole city.
A linking verb (a verb that expresses no action) does not signal a direct object. Example: He seems nice. The word nice is not a direct object.
Also, an object of a preposition or a possessive pronoun is not a direct object. Examples: He lied to me and said it was his. The words me and his are not direct objects.
Now circle or highlight what is right and revise what is wrong according to grammar and usage lesson.
Practice: I helped they and they sent letters.
Let’s check the Practice Answers.
Grammar and Usage Practice Answers: I helped them and they sent letters.
Now let’s apply what we have learned.
Writing Application: Write your own sentence using a direct object.
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