direct object
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Direct Object. Who and What. Clause/Sentence: Something doing something to something Subject predicate d.o . What is a direct object. Tells who or what is receiving the action of the subject. The direct object always comes in the predicate after the action verb. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Direct Object
Who and What
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• Clause/Sentence:– Something doing something to something– Subject predicate d.o.
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What is a direct object
• Tells who or what is receiving the action of the subject.• The direct object always comes in the predicate after
the action verb.
• Not all sentences can have a direct object:– Jonas and Lilly both nodded sympathetically as well.– They danced beautifully.
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• That cat ate food.• The teacher graded papers.• The mouse clicked the screen• The machine cooled the drinks• The funny dog ate garbage.• The slow microwave cooked food.
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A Trick to Identifying Direct Object
1. Find the action/predicate2. Find the subject3. Ask who or what did the simple predicate:• Henry and Elliot played soccer– subject: Henry, Elliot– action: played– What did Henry and Elliot play? Soccer=direct
object
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• Quarter chased the cat all over the house.– Simple subject: Quarter– Simple Predicate: chased– Who did Quarter chase all over the house?
The cat=direct object• Ms. Leber taught the students all day:– Simple subject:– Simple predicate:– Question:
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Simple direct object vs. direct object
• Simple direct object is noun that conveys what is receiving the action of the sentence.
• The whole direct object is all of the words that show what is receiving the action:
• Example: – They began a simple game of catch.– Simple d.o. game– Full d.o. simple game of catch.
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Write the subject, predicate and direct object.
• He hung his head, trembled a great deal and was still completely stunned.
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• Under the strokes of her tongue, which softly touched him here and there, he drew himself together and stood still.
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He heard only the soft licking against his coat that washed him and warmed him and kissed him.
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• The thick foliage stroked his flanks softly and bent supplely aside.
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• The other jay spied Bambi and fluttered down a few branches to shout at him.
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• He snuffed the air.
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• They call that paranoia.
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• Loraine remembers the big words.
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• But then we made a new game in which the object was to keep a stranger talking on the phone as long as possible.
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• He told them one time that he was hearing voices from outer space.
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For the following pictures:
• Write a subject describer• A simple subject • A simple predicate• A direct object
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