1.D - ?
2.C and A - Yes
3.canoe - Yes
4.D - No. News is in a prepositional phrase and cannot be a direct object.
5.B and E - Yes
1.D
2.C and A
3.canoe
4.D
5.B and E
2.Which words in the sentence are the direct objects?
The woman grows tomatoes and cucumbers in her garden.
Choose all answers that are correct.
A.tomatoes
B.woman
C.cucumbers
D.garden
E.grows
3.Which word in the sentence is the direct object?
The boys paddled the canoe across the lake.
A.across
B.canoe
C.lake
D.boys
4.Which word in the sentence is the direct object?
She heard it on the early morning news.
A.heard
B.morning
C.it
D.news
5.Which words in the sentence are the direct objects?
Into the punch bowl she poured soda and sherbet.
Choose all answers that are correct.
A.punch
B.soda
C.bow
D.she
E.sherbet
3 answers
can you help with 4?
The easiest way is to put parentheses around the prepositional phrases. Subjects, verbs, and complements can never be in a prepositional phrase.
She heard it (on the early morning news.)
That leaves "she heard it."
She heard it (on the early morning news.)
That leaves "she heard it."