Instructional aid

1. learners!

2. Direct Object

3. In many sentences, the action verb
carries action over from the subject to
some other word. It serves to tie these
words together. The word to which the
action is carried from the subject is the
direct Object.

5. The girl eats an apple.

6. The girl eats an apple.
subject
v

7. The girl eats an apple.
action word
v
v
subject

8. The girl eats an apple.
action word
receives the
action
subject

9. The girl eats an apple.
action word
receives the
action
direct object
subject

11. The boy helps him.

12. The boy helps him.

13. The boy helps him.
action word

14. The boy helps him.
action word receives the
action
subject

15. The boy helps him.
action word
receives the
action
direct object
subject

17. They read a book.

18. They read a book.
subject

19. They read a book.
subject
action word

20. They read a book.
subject
action word receives the
action

21. They read a book.
subject
action word receives the
action
direct object

22. The girl eats an
apple.
The boy helps him.
They read a book.

24. 1. She opens the window.
2. My mother baked a cake.
3. Taylor hugged her twin sister.
4. He caught fish yesterday.
5. John loves Mary so much.

25. 1. She opens the window.
2. My mother baked a cake.
3. Taylor hugged her twin sister.
4. He caught fish yesterday.
5. John loves Mary so much.

26. A direct object is a person
or thing that receives the
action from the subject.