Nouns as Objects

What is the direct object of the following sentence? Many pirates sailed ships during the 1500s and 1600s.

• Sailed

• Pirates

• Ships

• 1500s and 1600s

What does the direct object answer?

• When the action verb occurred

• Who or what after the action verb

• How the action verb was done

• Why the action verb was done

What does the indirect object tell?

• How the action is done

• When the action is done

• To whom or to what the action is done

• Why the action is done

What is the indirect object in the following sentence? Captains gave crew members a share of stolen treasure.

• Captains

• members

• stolen

• treasure

What is the direct object of the following sentence? Pirates stole treasure from ships.

• Pirates

• Stole

• Treasure

• Ships

How can you find the object of a preposition?

• Ask when the preposition occurred

• Ask how the preposition is done

• Ask whom or what after the preposition

• Ask why the preposition is done

The following are common prepositions: at, by, for, in, of, on, to.

• True

• False

What is the preposition in this sentence?  The Jolly Roger is the traditional name for pirates’ flags.

• is

• name

• pirates'

• for

What is the object of the preposition 'of' in the sentence 'A flock of seagulls flew overhead'?

• Flock

• Seagulls

• A

• Overhead

What is the object of the preposition 'to' in the sentence 'Daniela gave a present to Philip'?

• Daniela

• Present

• Philip

• Gave

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