Ecce 4

Ecce 4

Direct Objects

Direct Objects in English

• Direct objects receive the action of the verb

• On Black Friday, I bought nail polish.

• Coconut ate fish on Thanksgiving.

Multiple Choice

Which is the direct object?

Tater Tot loves me the most.

• Tater Tot

• loves

• me

• most

Multiple Choice

Which is the direct object?

The cows want to annoy Sextus.

• cows

• want

• annoy

• Sextus

Multiple Choice

Which is the direct object?

Cornelia saw a UFO hovering in the sky.

• Cornelia

• saw

• UFO

• sky

Not every verb takes a direct object

• Sextus fell out of the tree.

• The cat is fluffy.

• Flavia was swimming in the river.

In Latin:

• feles arborem ascendit.

• What is the cat climbing? the tree

• Thus, tree - arborem - is the direct object

• How does the word arborem look different?

puer puellam videt.

• Which is the direct object? Or, who is being seen?

• How does puellam look different?

Multiple Choice

Which is the direct object?

umbrae puerum terrent.

• umbrae

• puerum

• terret

umbrae puerum terrent.

• umbrae is the subject

• puerum is the direct object (ends in -m)

• The ghosts scare the boy.

Multiple Choice

Which is the direct object?

vir fragorem audit.

• vir

• fragorem

• audit

vir fragorem audit.

• vir is the subject

• fragorem is the direct object

• The man hears the noise.

• fragorem vir audit: means the same thing!

• the endings tell you the meaning rather than the word order.

Multiple Choice

Which is the direct object?

canem puellae conspiciunt.

• canem

• puellae

• conspiciunt

canem puellae conspiciunt.

• puellae - subject

• canem - direct object

• The girls catch sight of the dog.

Multiple Choice

Which is the direct object? servus Flaviam conspicit.

• servus

• Flaviam

• conspicit

Poll

Hot chocolate or warm apple cider?

• hot chocolate

• warm cider

Multiple Choice

Which is the direct object?

vocem Marcus et Sextus audiunt.

• vocem

• Marcus

• Sextus

• vocem

Poll

Gingerbread house or sugar cookies?

• gingerbread house!

• sugar cookies!

Multiple Choice

Which is the subject?

puellae puerum vident.

• puellae

• puerum

• vident

Multiple Choice

Which is the subject?

servus puellam vexat.

• servus

• puellam

• vexat

Don't forget!

You don't need a stated subject in a sentence.

puellam videt - He/she sees the girl.

arborem ascendunt - They climb the tree.

-t = he/she/it

-nt = they