It can. For example:
Q) Suzy threw what?
A) A pineapple.
OR
Q) What was thrown?
A) Suzy threw a pineapple.
A direct object completes the action of a verb and receives the action of the verb. It typically answers the question "what" or "whom" after the verb.
Jon wrote a program for his computer.program = direct object (answers the question what did JOn write)computer = indirect object
Direct objects answer the question "what" and Indierect object answer the question for whomI bought Jack a phone. I gave Jack the phone.In these sentences Jack is the indirect object. The indirect object goes before the direct object. Phone is the direct object.The indirect object can be changed into a phrase using toor for.I gave the phone to Jack.and:I bought a phone for Jack
In a sentence, the subject is the performer of the action, the intransitive verb doesn't require a direct object to complete its meaning, the indirect object is the recipient who benefits from the action, the direct object receives the action, and the object complement provides more information about the direct object.
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb in a sentence. It answers the question "what" or "whom" after the verb. For example, in the sentence "She baked a cake," "cake" is the direct object because it is the thing that was baked.
You can determine if a sentence does not have a direct object by checking if the verb has a direct object. If the verb does not require a direct object or if there is no noun or pronoun that directly receives the action of the verb, then the sentence does not contain a direct object.
The verb does not have a direct object in the sentence, "She is insecure."
The direct object of the verb 'asked' is the noun question. The noun Juanita is the indirect object, 'I asked a question of Juanita about...'.
The Internet is the direct object. It answers the question, "What did Justin search?"
Jon wrote a program for his computer.program = direct object (answers the question what did JOn write)computer = indirect object
Direct objects answer the question "what" and Indierect object answer the question for whomI bought Jack a phone. I gave Jack the phone.In these sentences Jack is the indirect object. The indirect object goes before the direct object. Phone is the direct object.The indirect object can be changed into a phrase using toor for.I gave the phone to Jack.and:I bought a phone for Jack
Game. The phrase "the game" answers the question, "They won who or what?" You can typically find the direct object by asking that type of question in any sentence. However, "the" is not officially the direct object because it's a qualifier--essentially, it describes the noun "game," which is the actual, bare bones direct object.
Kim is the direct object, answering the question "Whom will Mother drive?"
If you want someone to answer this question you will have to supply the complete sentence. All you have supplied is a noun. It may be the subject, direct object, or indirect object. How can anyone tell?
"Posters" is the simple direct object. The complete direct object is the noun phrase "posters of every kind". Both answer the question, "What had Aaron hung?"
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb in a sentence. It answers the question "what" or "whom" after the verb. For example, in the sentence "She baked a cake," "cake" is the direct object because it is the thing that was baked.
You can determine if a sentence does not have a direct object by checking if the verb has a direct object. If the verb does not require a direct object or if there is no noun or pronoun that directly receives the action of the verb, then the sentence does not contain a direct object.
Food is the direct object. This sentence does not have an indirect object. The D.O. answers the question "the dog ate what?" An indirect object would answer the question "for whom / to whom / for what?" as in "I gave the dog a bone." I gave what? A bone (D.O.) I gave the bone to whom? The dog (I.O.)