March 2nd 2016 Sub Plans Honors

A direct object receives the action performed by the subject. The

verb used with a direct object is always an action verb. Example: The

car hit the tree. To find the direct object, say the subject and verb

followed by whom or what. The car hit whom or what? Tree answers

the question so tree is the direct object.

If nothing answers the question whom or what, you know that there

is no direct object. 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 both direct objects.

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.

Mrs. Urquijo has the answers and will go over them.