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WorksheetsNoun Function Practice
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Worksheet time: 31mins
What is a direct object?
A direct object is an adjective or adverb that receives the action of a verb in a sentence.
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb in a sentence.
A direct object is a preposition that receives the action of a verb in a sentence.
A direct object is a verb that receives the action of a noun or pronoun in a sentence.
What is an indirect object?
An indirect object is a preposition that receives the direct object of a noun.
An indirect object is a verb that receives the direct object of a noun.
An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that receives the direct object of a verb.
An indirect object is a type of adverb that receives the direct object of a verb.
What is a predicate nominative?
A predicate nominative is a verb that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.
A predicate nominative is a type of adjective that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.
A predicate nominative is a prepositional phrase that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.
A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence.
Which part of a sentence renames or identifies the subject?
Preposition
Conjunction
Predicate nominative
Adverb
What kind of complement is underlined: "Pamela was the star the play."
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
What kind of complement is underlined: "The guidebook gave the lost tourists the wrong directions."
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
What kind of complement is underlined: "Manuel offered Anita some good advice."
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
What kind of complement is underlined: "Ms. Benton is our next-door neighbor."
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
What kind of complement is underlined: "Bring me the cutting board, please."
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
What kind of complement underlined: "The library receives new books all the time."
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
What kind of complement is underlined "Mexico celebrates its independence on September 16th."
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
What kind of complement is underlined: "The new president of the bank will be Ms. Morales."
direct object
indirect object
predicate nominative
predicate adjective
Name the predicate nominative: Angel became a professional mahjong player.
Angel
became
professional
player
Name the direct object: Amelia Earhart flew a plane across the Atlantic in 1932.
Amelia Earhart
plane
across
Atlantic
Name the direct object: Thomas Edison gave the world electric light bulbs.
Thomas Edison
gave
world
light bulbs
Name the predicate nominative: New York City was briefly the capital of the United States.
New York City
briefly
capital
United States
Name the indirect object: The Simpsons showed him slides of China.
Simpsons
showed
him
slides
Name the direct object: The machine can create two crates a day.
machine
can create
crates
day
Name the direct object: Have you seen Akiho's yellow sweater?
Have + seen
you
Akiho's
sweater
Our teacher read us stories from the Leatherstocking Tales.
What type of complement is "stories"?
direct object
indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
Our teacher read us stories from the Leatherstocking Tales.
What kind of verb is "read"?
action
linking
helping
Our teacher read us stories from the Leatherstocking Tales.
What type of complement is "us"?
direct object
indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
James Fenimore Cooper is the author of these tales.
What type of verb is the word "is" here?
action
linking
helping
James Fenimore Cooper is the author of these tales.
What type of complement is the word "author" here?
direct object
indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
Leatherstocking was a fictional scout in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.
What type of complement is "scout"?
direct object
indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
Leatherstocking was also a woodcrafter and a trapper.
What type of complements are "woodcrafter" and "trapper"?
direct objects
indirect objects
predicate adjectives
predicate nominatives
Leatherstocking understood the mysteries of the woods.
What type of complement is "mysteries"?
direct object
indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
To generations of readers, this character has become a hero.
What type of complement is "hero"?
direct object
indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
He would lend people a helping hand.
What kind of complement is "people"?
direct object
indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
I sent my grandparents a card for their anniversary.
What kind of complement(s) do you find here?
direct object
direct object and indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
Mrs. Karras offered us olives and stuffed grape leaves.
What type(s) of complements do you find here?
direct object
direct object and indirect object
predicate adjective
predicate nominative
Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:
The coast of Africa, one of the world's largest continents, is a prosperous trading region.
(a)
Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:
Charles Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol, once worked in a shoe polish factory.
(a)
Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:
In the time of the Roman Republic, only male Roman citizens were allowed to wear the toga, a long cloth wrapped around the body.
(a)
What is the appositive?
I haven't been to the new mall, but I will go on Saturday.
new mall
I will go
no appositive
on Saturday
What is an appositive?
An appositive shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.
An appositive is a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun or pronoun.
An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.
The intruder, a large, inquisitive cockroach with hairy legs, is crawling across the kitchen table.
What does the bold portion describe?
the cockroach
the intruder
the kitchen table
Identify the appositive:
My cousin Sammy broke his arm in the championship game last weekend.
cousin
Sammy
arm
game
And, But, Or, Nor, For, Yet
What is an appositive?
An appositive is a noun or pronoun that gives more information or details another noun or pronoun.
An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.
Find the preposition:
Alexa walked through the door.
through
walked
door
Find the preposition:
Isaiah sat on his new bike.
sat
on
his
Find the preposition:
Grace held the leash around her wrist.
held
leash
around
Find the preposition:
Carmela wandered into the park.
into
the
park
Find the preposition:
Riley walked across the street.
RIley
across
street
The dog sat by the warm fireplace.
What is the preposition?
We hiked up the mountain Saturday morning.
we
up
the
Which word is a preposition?
She is under the table.
she
is
under
What is the object of the preposition?
That car drove around the block a hundred times!
that
car
block
Find the object of the preposition:
Isaiah sat on his new bike.
sat
bike
Isiah
Find the object of the preposition:
Carmela wandered into the park.
wandered
the
park
Do you want to help make the costumes, Louise?
Doug, are you making the scenery?
Ben is sick today, Kevin, you will play John Adams.
Here is your Betsy Ross costume, Amanda.
Lee help me make signs for the colonists to carry.
Go to your place Jack with the rest of the cast.
