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Unit 07
This document discusses verbs with direct and indirect objects. A direct object answers the question "what?" or "whom?" and refers to someone or something involved in the subject's performance of the verb. An indirect object answers the question "to whom?" or "for whom?" and is the recipient of the direct object. Examples are given of sentences containing direct objects like "David repaired his car" and indirect objects like "They sent him a postcard." Linking verbs are also discussed as verbs that do not express action but connect the subject to additional information about the subject.
Unit 07
- 1. Verbs with direct andindirect objects
- 3. What is anobject? An object in grammar is a part of a sentence, and often part of the predicate. It refers to someone or something involved in the subject's "performance" of the verb. It is what the verb is being done to. There are two types of objects: direct and indirect objects
- 4. Direct object • Adirect object answers the question "what?" or "whom?" • Examples: • David repaired his car → his car is the direct object of the verb repaired. ( What did David repair?) • He sends Mary an e-mail→ e-mail is the direct object of the verb send. (What does he send?)
- 5. Indirect Object • Anindirect object answers the question "to whom?", "for whom?" • An indirect object is the recipient of the direct object, or an otherwise affected participant in the event. There must be a direct object for an indirect object to be placed in a sentence. In other words an indirect object cannot exist without a direct object. • Examples: • They sent him a postcard - him is the indirect object of the verb sent. (To whom did they send a postcard?) • He bought his son a bike - his son is the indirect object of the verb bought. (For whom did he buy a bike?)
- 6. The waiter givesWendy a glass of water.
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- 10. Linking verbs donot express action. Instead, they connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. Look at the examples below: I smell the delicious aroma of a mushroom and papaya pizza baking in the oven. My dog Oreo feels depressed after seven straight days of rain. You look exhausted after studying all night.