Subject and Objects
What is a direct object?
a. The direct object is what receives the action of the verb.
b. The direct object is what does the action of the verb.
a. The direct object is what receives the action of the verb.
What does a pronoun replace?
A noun
PAST TENSE OF VERB "DO"
DID
1. A wonderful resource for the town (is, are) the local library.
2. Wonderful resources for the town (is, are) the local library.
1. The subject is "A wonderful resource" (singular), so it takes the singular verb is.
2. The subject is "Wonderful resources" (plural), so it takes the plural verb are.
Bread
Noncount
Identify the subject in the sentence:
A beautiful princess lived in a kingdom far away.
princess
Name a pronoun that would replace the subject in the following sentence.
John likes to go to school.
He
PAST TENSE OF VERB "SEE"
SAW
How (do, does) those new shoes feel?
do
Cake in these sentences:
"I like cake more than pie."
countable and uncountable, depending on the sentence. In this sentence it is UNCOUNTABLE because it talks about the general category of food.
"Do you want some cake?" is also uncountable because it shows an unspecified amount of the food substance.
Identify the indirect object in the sentence:
The young man told his teacher a joke.
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teacher
Name 3 object pronouns.
me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them.
I _____ (to go) to the beach yesterday.
WENT
The children (is, are) getting ready for school.
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The children ARE getting ready for school.
Loaves
countable
Identify the indirect object in a sentence:
The student council assigned our class the clean-up project.
Class
Replace and identify the subject and object
The chef cooked the steaks.
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He/She cooked them.
She didn't ____ (to go) to the store yesterday.
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GO - the BASE VERB comes after the helping verb DID
There _____ (to be) hundreds of birds _____(to fly) in the sky.
There WERE(to be) hundreds of birds FLYING (to fly) in the sky.
Hundreds of birds WERE FLYING in the sky.
information
UNcountable
Identify both the direct and indirect object.
The pie-shop owner happily baked Gianna a fresh blackberry pie for her party.
Direct Object: pie
Indirect Object: Gianna
Name 3 subject pronouns!
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I, You, He, She, It, We, They, who
I _________(to play) netball last weekend, but I ___ _______(to make - future tense) the match tomorrow.
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I _PLAYED_(to play) netball last weekend, but I ___ will not make or am not going to make__(to make - future tense NEGATIVE) the match tomorrow.
Which sentence shows the correct subject-verb agreement?
Correct Answer:
meat
noncount