What is the object of a sentence?

Answer 1

A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a "transitive verb" in an active sentence or shows the result of the action.

For example:

• Mary burnt the toast.

  * What did Mary burn? - She burnt the toast. "toast" is the direct object

Answer 2

The object of a sentence is what the subject and the verb are referring to:

John read the book. (John is the subject; read is the verb; book is the object.)

Mary likes swimming. (Mary is the subject: likes is the verb; swimming is the object.)

He is really funny. (He is the subject; is, is the verb; funny is the object.)

Jealousy can be an evil mistress. (Jealousy is the subject, can be is the verb, mistress is the object.)

A sentence does not require an object, only a subject and a verb to be correct:

'The bell rang.' or 'The snow fell.' are correct sentences without an object.

Answer 3

How to know...

...the direct object - answers the question what or whom

ex. Hazeline gave a bunch of flowers to Jennifer.

Think about this...

Hazeline gave what? A bunch of flowers - that is the DO.

ex. Aurea punched Iya in the face.

Think about this...

Aurea punched whom? She punched Iya - that is the DO.

...the indirect object - found in between a verb and the DO

- answers the question to whom or for whom

ex. Hazeline gave Jennifer a bunch of flowers.

Think about this...

Hazeline gave what? A bunch of flowers.

to whom? To Jennifer - that is the IO

The IO is surrounded by the DO and the verb gave.

...the object of the preposition - found after a preposition.

What is a preposition, anyway?

A preposition is a word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in a sentence.

*MOST COMMONLY USED PREPOSITIONS:

acrossbeneathin front ofontounderneathafterbesideinsideout ofuntilagainstbetweeninstead ofoutsideupalongbyintooveruponamongdownlikepastwitharoundduringnearsincewithinatexceptofthroughwithoutbeforeforoffto

ex. I can't do this without you.

Think about this...

I can't do this without you.

The apples are in the basket.

Answer 4

The subject of a sentence is what the sentence is about. The object of a sentence is the thing that the verb, or predicate, is affecting.

Example:

I like books.

The subject would be "I", because "I" is who the sentence is about. The object of the sentence is "books," because "books" is what the verb "like" is referring to. When analyzing sentences, the main object is labelled as the direct object.

An easy way to identify the object is to first know the verb. In the sentence, the subject is "I" and the predicate is "like": "I like".

To find the subject, ask what or who after stating the subject and the predicate: "'I like' what?"

Regarding the sentence, the answer to that is books!

Example 2:

"Scissors cut paper because they are sharp."

Subject: scissors. Predicate: cut

"Scissors cut."

Scissors cut what?

Scissors cut paper.

Object: Paper

Answer 5

Living below loud, thoughtless neighbours is so unpleasant.

Answer 6

The object in a sentence is a noun or pronoun after the verb

Answer 7

The part of the sentence that receives the action.

Answer 8

I didn't object when I was told to go to my room as a punishment. I have many forms of entertainment to pass the time.