EXERCISE 1. IN WHICH SENTENCE, A OR B, IS THE ITALICIZED NOUN A DIRECT...

5. a. Mr. Reed is Jean’s teacher. a.

b. The district has hired a new art teacher. b.

Easy Procedure for Finding the Direct Object

To find the direct object, ask the question WHAT? or WHOM? right after the action verb.

What is the direct object in the following sentence?

Caroline drives a Ford.

Caroline drives a WHAT?

Ford is the direct object.

What is the direct object in the following?

I watched the artist at work.

I watched WHOM at work?

Note that a direct object may be compound: It may consist of more than one word.

The following sentence has a compound direct object:

Heavy rain flooded the streets and highways.

S.

V.

compound direct object