Direct Object Practice
Authored by Amy Cobb
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on direct objects within the context of English grammar and sentence structure, making it highly appropriate for 5th grade students who are developing their understanding of sentence components. The questions systematically build students' ability to identify direct objects by teaching them to recognize that these nouns receive the action from transitive verbs, requiring students to understand the relationship between subjects, verbs, and objects within sentences. Students need to master the core concept that direct objects answer "what" or "whom" after an action verb, distinguish between subjects and direct objects, and recognize that direct objects only work with action verbs, not linking verbs. The quiz also challenges students to identify multiple direct objects in compound structures and differentiate direct objects from other sentence elements like prepositional phrases and indirect objects. Created by Amy Cobb, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 5. This quiz serves as an excellent formative assessment tool that can be deployed during various phases of instruction to reinforce grammatical concepts essential to sentence analysis. Teachers can use this as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before introducing more complex sentence structures, assign it as independent practice to solidify understanding after direct instruction, or implement it as a review session before summative assessments. The quiz effectively supports homework assignments by providing clear, focused practice that students can complete independently, while also serving as a diagnostic tool to identify which students need additional support with sentence parsing. This assessment aligns with Common Core State Standards L.5.1, which requires students to demonstrate command of standard English grammar when writing or speaking.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the direct object:
Sally ate her sandwich in the cafeteria.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1F
CCSS.L.3.1I
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the direct object:
The dog jumped the fence in one leap.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1F
CCSS.L.3.1I
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Is the highlighted word a subject, verb or direct object?
My mom cooked a huge breakfast for us on Saturday morning.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Is the highlighted word a subject, verb or direct object?
The boy threw the ball to second base.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the subject:
Susan wrote a letter to her friend.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1F
CCSS.L.3.1I
CCSS.L.1.1C
CCSS.L.2.1F
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
True or False: A direct object receives the action from the verb.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1F
CCSS.L.3.1I
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Direct objects work with only what kind of verbs?
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1F
CCSS.L.3.1I
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