Direct Objects

Direct Objects

Think of a baseball player capturing a ball after that ball has been hit. The player receives the action, in this case the hit ball. The direct object is the player. To find the direct object, find the sentence's subject and verb. Then ask whom or what?

Subject | Subject

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Multiple Choice

The direct object is the who/what

• doing the action

• receiving the action

Multiple Choice

Maddox picked up the baby from her crib.

Who or What is the Direct Object?

• Maddox

• baby

• picked up

• crib

Direct Objects

Maddox picked up the baby from her crib.

Maddox is the subject. Picked is the verb. Maddox picked up whom or what? Baby is the direct object.

Subject | Subject

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The direct object can also be compound.

Subject | Subject

Multiple Choice

Compound means

• Squished

• Only one

• Made up of two or more

• In pairs

Multiple Choice

Jesse brought fruit salad and cinnamon chips to the picnic.

Which of these is the compound direct object?

• Jesse/brought

• Salad/Chips

• fruit/cinnamon

• to/picnic

Direct Objects

Jesse brought fruit salad and cinnamon chips to the picnic.

Jesse is the subject. Brought is the verb. Jesse brought whom or what? Salad and chips are the direct objects.

Subject | Subject

Multiple Choice

The author died in 1985.

Who or What is the Direct Object?

• author

• died

• 1985

• there is no direct object

Direct Objects

The verb is died. What did he die? Whom did he die? There is no direct object, but the subject is the author.

Subject | Subject

Multiple Choice

Ceceilia rearranged and cleaned her jewelry.

Which is the Direct Object?

• Ceceilia

• rearranged / cleaned

• jewelry

• none

Multiple Choice

Every morning, Minah drinks chocolate milk for breakfast.

Which word is the Direct Object?

• Minah

• milk

• breakfast

• none

Multiple Choice

Paige threw the ball at practice to warm up her arm.

Which is the Direct Object?

• Paige

• ball

• practice

• warm

Multiple Choice

Ally traveled in 2019

• Ally

• traveled

• in 2019

• None

Multiple Choice

Victoria braided Alexis' hair.

Which word is the Direct Object?

• Victoria

• braided

• Alexis'

• hair