Object

An object is a noun (or pronoun) governed by a verb or a preposition.

• True

• False

Which statement describes a direct object?

• The direct object of a verb is the thing being acted upon.

• The direct object is the word before the verb.

• The direct object is always to the left of the indirect object.

Which statement describes an indirect object?

• The indirect object of a verb is the thing being acted upon.

• The indirect object is the recipient or beneficiary of the action (more often than not, it's a person).

• The indirect object always follows the direct object.

Select the direct object:

Ann took a painkiller before she left.

• Ann

• took

• painkiller

• she

Select the first direct object in the sentence below:

I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.

(Charles M Schulz)

• one day

• to dread

• a new philosophy

• time

Select the indirect object in the sentence below:

I have ordered your brother an extra serving of rice.

• I

• ordered

• rice

• your brother

Verbs that do not require an object are called:

• ambitransitive

• transitive

• intransitive

• ditransitive

When one of the two objects is a pronoun, it usually comes __________.

• after the verb

• before a noun phrase

• in the beginning

• at the end

Choose a line with cognate object.

• The flower seems to be fading.

• He prayed an earnest prayer.

• All animals die.

• The man has fallen asleep.

Identify the way of expressing an object in the sentence:

The old woman held the child tight and waited for the storm to pass. (Dickens)

• A substantivized adjective or participle.

• An infinitive, an infinitive phrase, or an infinitive construction

• A gerund, a gerundial phrase, or a gerundial construction.

• A pronoun (personal in the objective case, possessive, defining, reflexive, demonstrative, indefinite)