Direct Objects
What receives the action of the verb?
Direct Object
What tells to whom or for whom an action is done?
What follows a preposition?
Object of the preposition
What describes the subject and follows a linking verb?
Predicate Adjective
What renames the subject and follows a linking verb?
Predicate nominative
"She kicked the ball"
Ball
"She sent her brother a message" What word is in the indirect object?
Her brother
"The book is on the table" What is the object of the preposition?
Table
"The soup is salty" What is the predicate adjective?
Salty
"My brother is a doctor" What is the predicate nominative?
Doctor
Action verb
"She gave me the book" What is your indirect and direct object?
Me-indirect
Book-direct
"They sat beside their friends" What is the object of preposition?
Friends
"The students were excited about the assembly" What is the predicate adjective?
"The winner of the race was she" What word is the predicate nominative?
She
"The boy ate an apple" Does this sentence have a direct object?
Apple
No
Objects of the preposition are never the subject, direct object, and indirect object in a sentence? True or false
True
"The students were excited after the assembly" How do we know what the predicate adjective is?
were is a linking verb
"The main character was a hero" What is the predicate nominative?
Hero
"The teacher assigned the students homework." What is the direct object?
Homework
"He bought his mom flowers" What question helps you find the indirect object?
Ask to whom? for whom? the flowers were bought
"The coach spoked to the players after the game" Is players a direct object, indirect object, or object of the preposition?
Object of the preposition
Which type of verb usually comes before a predicate adjective? An action verb or linking verb
Linking
"The sky is blue"
"The sky is a masterpiece"
Which is a predicate nominative?
The sky is a masterpiece