Object of a sentence and its Types --- Easy English Grammar Notes

Object:

It receives an action in a sentence. It often creates the question of what and whom. 

Note: Students often confuse Objects with Adverbs. It must be noted that an adverb is a part of speech while an Object is a part of a sentence. 

The object creates the question of WHAT and WHOM and answers them. While Adverb creates the question of WHERE, WHEN, HOW, HOW OFTEN, TO WHAT EXTENT.

Example: 

1.	I	taught	Whom?	Ali.
2.	Our friends	bought	What?	books.
3.	Ali	play	What?	cricket.

KINDS OF OBJECT:

Direct objects and indirect objects

There are two different types of objects: 

1. direct objects 

2. indirect objects. 

1. direct objects 

A direct object is, as its name suggests, directly affected by the action of the main verb. 

Example: 

	Subjects	Verb	Direct Objects
1.	He	bought	a drink
2.	He	was reading	a story.

In the above two sentences, 'a drink' and 'a story' are direct objects: 'a drink' was bought and 'a story' was being read.

1. direct objects 

An indirect object is usually a person or thing that benefits in some way from the action of the main verb.

Example: 

1. He told me.                "me" is the direct object.

2. He told a story.          "a story" is the direct object.

3. He told me a story.     "me" is an indirect object and "a                                                                     story" is the direct object.

Object Complement: 

An object complement follows a direct object.

Example: 

	Subjects	Verb	Object	Objects Complement
1.	He	made	us	happy.
2.	The class	declared	Ali	the monitor.

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