The verb is "like"
The direct object is "home"
Verb: like Direct object: his new home
An example of a gerund used as a direct object is "She enjoys swimming." In this sentence, "swimming" is a gerund that acts as the direct object of the verb "enjoys."
It can be both it depends on how you use the word. I gave Cher the flowers - Cher is indirect object. The indirect object always goes before the direct object (the flowers). I like Cher - Cher is the direct object.
Like is a an action verb. it is transitive, requiring a direct object.
In a sentence like "She sees the man," "man" is the direct object because it receives the action of the verb "sees."
"They are like you and me" is the correct response. After the preposition "like", the direct object pronoun is used, not the subject pronoun.
An example of a gerund used as a direct object is "She enjoys swimming." In this sentence, "swimming" is a gerund that acts as the direct object of the verb "enjoys."
It can be both it depends on how you use the word. I gave Cher the flowers - Cher is indirect object. The indirect object always goes before the direct object (the flowers). I like Cher - Cher is the direct object.
There is no direct object. There are two types of verbs: action verbs and being verbs. Being verbs are verbs of being, they are words like "is", "am", "was", "be", and their variations, like "have been", etc. They don't have direct objects. Action verbs are all the other words, that do have actions. The object of that action is the direct object. So, if the verb is making a statement of being, then there is no direct object, and the verb is a verb of being, like "is".
yes. I like red.
"John likes James" - John is the subject and James is the direct object."John threw the ball to James" - John is the subject, the ball is the direct object and James is the indirect object.Some more examples of direct objects:In each sentence, "math" is the direct object...He likes math.She does math everyday.They don't know math very well.You can ask a question using the verb to find the direct object in the sentence, so...Who does John like? JamesWhat did John throw? the ballWhat does he like? mathetc.Be careful, however. Sometimes what looks like a direct object, is not a direct object at all. For example:"Greg went to the store"Here "the store" is not the direct object. There is no direct object in this sentence, actually. "The store" is actually the object of the preposition because it follows the preposition "to".If you ask the question,Where did Greg go? You get the answer, "to the store". You get a prepositional phrase as the answer, not a noun like James, the ball and math.You might be wondering why "James" is not the object of the preposition in the second sentence, "John threw the ball to James". Well one easy way to tell that James is the indirect object and not the object of the preposition is to rearrange the sentence. "John threw James the ball". You can't rearrange "Greg went to the store" like that.
False as presented: the direct object does not necessarily follow the verb. For example we may say This book I like; this book I don't like.
It depends on how you use a word in a sentence, symbol could be an indirect object or a direct object.I like the new symbol. - directHe drew the symbol on the board.
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
The gerund 'swimming' is the DIRECT OBJECT of the sentence.
Examples of you/I being against objects (e.g. objects of sentences):You and I both dislike sardines. (sardinesis the direct object of the verb 'dislike')You and I disapprove of swearing. (swearing is the object of the preposition 'of')You and I disdain young folks's manners. (manners is the direct object of the verb 'disdain')You and I can disprove the Bermuda Triangle. (Bermuda Triangle is the direct object of the verb 'can disprove')We don't like hard work. (the compound subject has been replaced with the pronoun 'we'; hard workis the direct object of the main verb 'like')
Like is a an action verb. it is transitive, requiring a direct object.
A direct object is a part of a sentence, and not a part of speech. Dinner is a noun. Whether or not it is a direct object depends on how it is used. "Dinner was good." Here, dinner is a subject. (Something was good. What was good? Dinner.) "I ate dinner." Here, dinner is a direct object. (I ate something. What did you eat? Dinner.) "I like eating cashews with my dinner." Here, dinner is the object of a preposition. (I ate cashews with something. With what? With dinner.) As you see, nouns have many uses in the English language, and a direct object is but one of them.