Verb Notes - Lessons 9 & 10

Direct Objects

Direct Objects:
- always a noun or pronoun
- answers whom or what

One man could not exit his driveway because of the damage.

subject - man
verb - could exit
direct object - driveway (what the man could not exit?)

Indirect Object

Indirect Object:
- to find ask:
to whom, for whom, to what, for what

The IO comes between the verb and the DO

Jay's homer gave the team the lead.

subject - homer
verb - gave
IO - team (for whom did the homer help?)
DO - lead (what did the homer do?)

There can be more than one IO!!!!!!!

He told Sam and Jim a joke.

subject - he
verb - told
IO - Sam, Jim (to whom he told the joke to)
DO - joke (what he told)

Predicate Noun

Remember Linking Verbs? The link the subject to a word in the predicate. Sometimes the word is a noun.

Lance is a student.

Lance = student

"is" is the linking verb

Predicate Adjective

Linking verbs can also link a subject to an adjective.

Greg is funny.

Greg = funny

"is" links Greg to the adjective "funny."