Unit 3 - Lesson 16, Direct Objects

Direct objects are...

• nouns/pronouns

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs

Direct objects must come after what kind of verb?

• helping

• linking

• action

• They don't come after a verb.

What questions must you ask yourself after the verb to find the direct object? (Hint: choose two.)

• Where?

• What?

• Whom?

• Why?

A direct object...

• always comes in the subject of the sentence.

• always comes in the predicate of the sentence.

• can be in the subject or predicate of the sentence.

• is its own part of the sentence.

What is the direct object?

Travis threw the basketball.

• Travis

• threw

• basketball

• No direct object

 

What is the direct object?

Efrain sang a song beautifully.

• Efrian

• beautifully

• song

• No direct object

 

What is the direct object?

Your paintbrush is lying by your watercolors.

• your

• watercolors

• paintbrush

• No direct object

 

What is the direct object?

Jackson ran laps because he got in trouble.

• ran

• laps

• trouble

• No direct object

 

What is the direct object?

Ashlyn walked her dog at the park.

• dog

• park

• Ashlyn

• No direct object

 

What is the direct object?

David ate ice cream after school.

• ice cream

• David

• school

• No direct object