2. Players wear helmets and pads for protection. (direct objects, predicate nouns): Players wear both helmets and pads for protection.

Question

Just wanna see if i got the hang of it.

Answer 1

Are helmets, pads direct objects or predicate nouns?

Answer 2

objects

Answer 3

wait i mean predicate nouns

Answer 4

How can you tell?

Answer 5

wait nvmmmm its an object, I can tell its a object because its says "Players wear"

Answer 6

Right. Helmets and pads do NOT mean the same as the subject. Therefore they are direct objects. They tell what the players wear. They take the action of the verb.

Answer 7

Thanks Ms.sue!!

Answer 8

You're welcome.