Direct Objects
Name the compound direct objects in this sentence
“The chef prepared pasta and salad for the guests.”
What are pasta and salad?
Identify the indirect object.
“Grandpa baked us fresh bread.”
What is us?
This type of verb shows an action that is currently ongoing.
What is present progressive?
In the sentence “The flock moved across the field,” one noun refers to a group acting as a single unit. What type of noun is “flock”?
Collective noun
(“Flock” names a group acting as one.)
Please hand me the notebook before class begins.”
Explain why this sentence is classified as an imperative sentence and name the subject.
Imperative sentences give commands. The subject is understood to be “you,” even though it isn’t stated, making it an imperative form.
Identify the direct object
“Which book did your aunt recommend?”
What is book?
Find the indirect object
“To her friends, Mia told a hilarious story.”
What is friends?
Rewrite this sentence in past progressive:
“He runs to school every day.”
What is He was running to school every day?
A sentence contains the noun “children’s backpacks.” One noun shows ownership, and the other is plural. Name which noun is possessive and which is plural.
Possessive noun: “children’s”
Plural noun: “backpacks”
What type of sentence is this?
“The puppy barked loudly, and the neighbors complained about the noise.”
What is compound?
Spot the direct object in this tricky sentence:
“The sudden noise made the entire class jump.”
What is class?
(Made what? → class)
Identify the indirect object in a sentence with a compound direct object:
“The museum sent visitors postcards and brochures.”
What is visitors?
Explain the difference in meaning between these two sentences:
“I was writing my essay.”
“I wrote my essay.”
What is “was writing” emphasizes the ongoing process in the past, while “wrote” simply states the completed action?
The students’ pencils were scattered on the floor. Explain how “students’” shows both plurality and possession.
“Students’” ends with an apostrophe after the s, showing that multiple students own the pencils. Plural (more than one student) + possessive (ownership of pencils).
What is the predicate of this sentence:
“The robot in the science lab malfunctioned and sprayed foam everywhere.”
What is malfunctioned, sprayed?
Name the direct object.
“The broken trophy, the team finally repaired.”
What is trophy?
Name the indirect object.
“The students created a timeline for their teacher.”
What is teacher?
Transform this sentence into present progressive negative:
“They play soccer every Saturday.”
What is They are not playing soccer every Saturday?
The jury’s decision surprised everyone in the courtroom. Explain why “jury’s” is both a possessive noun and a collective noun.
“Jury” is a collective noun because it refers to a group acting as one. The apostrophe + s shows possession, indicating that the decision belongs to the jury.
What is the subject and predicate of this sentence?
“Until the final votes were counted, the crowd waited silently in the auditorium.”
What is crowd (subject) and waited (predicate)
This sentence has a direct object that is a complete noun phrase:
“My science partner built a model of the solar system.”
Identify the entire direct object phrase.
What is a model of the solar system?
This sentence contains an indirect object that is part of a longer noun phrase:
“The author gave the readers of her blog a huge surprise.”
Identify the entire indirect object phrase.
What is the readers of her blog?
This sentence contains two different progressive tenses. Identify both progressive verbs and the tense of each:
“While the students were presenting their projects, the judges will be taking notes.”
“Were presenting” is past progressive, and “will be taking” is future progressive.
Maria's backpack is on the bus. The sentence shows ownership in the way her name is written. Explain how the possessive form works here.
The apostrophe + s in “Maria’s” shows that the backpack belongs to Maria.
What type of sentence is this, and name the subject and the predicate
“What an incredible discovery the scientists made during the expedition!”
What are:
Exclamatory
Subject: scientists
Predicate: made