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In an active sentence the word order is subject verb object.The cat chased the mouse.In a passive sentence the object goes before the verb.The mouse was chased by the cat.
A verb with a direct object is a transitive verb. It requires an object to complete its meaning in a sentence. For example, in the sentence "I ate the apple," the verb "ate" is transitive, and "apple" is the direct object of the verb.
That sentence does not have a direct object. The verb needs to be transitive (a type of action verb) for the sentence to contain a direct object. "Is" is never a transitive verb because it's not an action. "Is" is a linking verb in that sentence.
An object can be used as a verb in a sentence when it is acting as a direct object that receives the action of the verb. For example, in the sentence "I painted the picture," "picture" is the object that receives the action of the verb "painted."
The direct object of a sentence takes the action of the verb.
The sentence pattern is subject + verb + object. "This book" is the subject, "is" is the verb, and "a thesaurus" is the object.
There is no direct object in that sentence. Felt is being used as a linking verb, not an action verb. The verb must be an action to take a direct object.
The object of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. It answers the question "what" or "whom" the verb is acting upon.
A transitive verb has a direct object (receiver of the action), while an intransitive verb has no direct object. The verb "to be" is intransitive. In the sentence "The distant rainbow was spectacular," there is no object or receiver of the action (verb) "was." The adjective "spectacular" modifies the verb "was."
The subject-verb-direct object sentence pattern is a type of sentence structure where the subject performs the action of the verb on the direct object. For example, in the sentence "She (subject) read (verb) the book (direct object)," the subject "she" is performing the action of reading on the direct object "the book."
The verb does not have a direct object in the sentence, "She is insecure."
The object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. In a sentence, the object typically follows the verb and can provide more information about what or whom the action is directed towards. The object helps to complete the meaning of the verb in a sentence.