Direct Objects
What is a Direct Object?
A direct object is the noun that receives the action of the verb.
What is an Indirect Object?
The indirect object, is the noun that receives the direct object itself.
What is a subject?
A part of a sentence that contains the person or thing performing the action (or verb) in a sentence.
What is a Predicate?
Part of the sentence that describes either what the subject is doing or the state of the subject.
What is a Preposition?
Prepositions indicate relationships between other words in a sentence.
What is the Direct object in this sentence? She drinks the glass of water.
The glass of water
What is the indirect object? They baked me a cake
Me
What is the subject in this sentence? Sally was very sad about the test
Sally
What is the Predicate in this sentence? The man ran to the store to get a bottle of milk
Ran
What is the Preposition in this sentence? We’re cooking for ten guests tonight.
For
What is the Direct object in this sentence? Jimmy kicked the Ball across the soccer field.
Ball
What is the indirect object? I bought my friend a new phone
My friend
What is the subject in this sentence? The building was very tall
The building
What is the Predicate in this sentence? The boy swam across the pool.
Swam
True or False: Ending a sentence with a preposition is a grammatical error.
False
What is the Direct object in this sentence?
The seagull pecked the shark's fin.
Shark's Fin
What is the indirect object? I texted my Mom the shopping list
My Mom
What is the subject in this sentence? The donut was chocolate with sprinkles
The donut
True or False: Every sentence has a Subject but not a Predicate.
False
Fill in the blank: Prepositions often tell us where one noun is in ______ to another.
Relation
What is the Direct object in this sentence?
He bought the book on the table
The Book
What is the indirect object? my coach gave Tim the instructions
Tim
What is the subject in this sentence? The dog barked at the guy
The dog
What part of the sentence does the Predicate describe?
The Subject
Name the four things Prepositions tell us.
Direction, Time, Location, and Space