The direct object in the sentence is "his grip on the lid." It receives the action of the verb "lost."
These are two types of verbs. Transitive verbs show action, and they must have a direct object. For example: David hit Joe three times during the fight. The transitive verb is "hit"-- it shows an action, and the direct object (the person who received that action) is Joe. David is the subject-- the doer of the action. Another example: Mrs. Jones hugged her grandson. The transitive verb is "hugged." Mrs. Jones is the subject (she did it), and her grandson is the object, the receiver of the action. An intransitive verb is different in one important way: while it does show action, it has no direct object. For example: We traveled for ten hours. The verb is "traveled" but there is no receiver of this action. Or, Mr. Jones went to the movie. The verb is "went" but nobody did anything other than Mr. Jones, and he is the subject of the sentence.
No. The correct wording for that sentence would be: "Where is David?"
The direct speech for "David said that he had been on holiday" is: "I have been on holiday," David said.
In English, parts of speech refer to the job that each word does in a sentence. For example: a noun is a person (Maria, David, teacher, scientist); a place (Boston, America, Brazil, New York); or a thing (book, house, bus, computer). A noun can be the subject in a sentence-- the person who does the action. Or it can be object-- the person who receives the action. A verb is generally a word that shows what action was performed: to run, to dance, to eat, to study. In an English sentence, you musthave a subject and a verb. So: David studied for eight hours. David is the subject, and David is a noun. (You can also use a pronoun-- a pronoun substitutes for a noun-- I could say He studied for eight hours.) The verb is studied-- that is the action that was performed.In order to find the parts of speech in a sentence, look at what they are doing: are they showing WHO did it? Are they showing what the ACTION was? That is the first step. Then you can look for the object: David hugged Maria. David is the doer. The receiver of the action is Maria. I could go on, but I hope this gets you started. I enclose a link to a good explanation of each part of speech and what it does in a sentence.
I don't know what you mean by 'preposition property' but at is a preposition.At can be used at the end of a sentence or question:'What are you playing at?'
This sentence can be diagrammed as follows: Subject (Ellen) - Verb (told) - Direct Object (the story) - Indirect Object (David).
Ball can be a direct object. David threw the ball.
There is no linking verb in that sentence. The only verb, loves, is a transitive verb. The direct object of the transitive verb is "driving".
Whenever David looked at himself in the mirror when he got out of bed, he laughed at his messy, unruly hair.
The boy kicked the ball. The boy is the subject, kicked is the verb and the ball is the direct object We drank water. We is the subject, drank is the verb and water the direct object. They sent him a letter. This is really They sent a letter to him. They is the subject, sent the verb and a letter is the direct object. to him is the indirect object.
These are two types of verbs. Transitive verbs show action, and they must have a direct object. For example: David hit Joe three times during the fight. The transitive verb is "hit"-- it shows an action, and the direct object (the person who received that action) is Joe. David is the subject-- the doer of the action. Another example: Mrs. Jones hugged her grandson. The transitive verb is "hugged." Mrs. Jones is the subject (she did it), and her grandson is the object, the receiver of the action. An intransitive verb is different in one important way: while it does show action, it has no direct object. For example: We traveled for ten hours. The verb is "traveled" but there is no receiver of this action. Or, Mr. Jones went to the movie. The verb is "went" but nobody did anything other than Mr. Jones, and he is the subject of the sentence.
There is no collective noun in the given sentence.A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive or a fanciful way.Examples of collective nouns are:a bushel of grapefruita grove of trees.
No. The correct wording for that sentence would be: "Where is David?"
The word 'she' is a subject pronoun. It is not difficult to work that out: just use the word in a pair of simple sentences, once as a subject and once as an object, and see which sounds right. 'She loves David.' 'David loves she.' The first sentence is right, the second is wrong. It would have to be 'David loves her.' 'Her' is the object pronoun.
The direct speech for "David said that he had been on holiday" is: "I have been on holiday," David said.
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