Asked by Recheal

What is the direct object in these sentence? Can you check them please

1. This article gives interesting facts about libraries. Is it libraries?

2. In the Untied States, we now have thousands of libraries. Is it Untied States?

3. Fire destroyed all of these libraries. Is it fire?

4. Readers borrow millions of books from them every year. Is it readers?

5. The Roman emperor Augustus founded two Punic libraries. It is Augustus?
Answered by Ms. Sue
None of those is correct.

A direct object receives the action of the verb. It answers who or what after a verb and is never in a prepositional phrase.

It's easiest to find the parts of a sentence if you put parentheses around prepositional phrases.

1. This article gives interesting facts (about libraries)

article gives _________

2. (In the Untied States,) we now have thousands (of libraries.)

we have _________________

Study these sites and then try the others.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/prepositionalphrase.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/prepositions-list.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/directobject.htm




Answered by Recheal
Is 3,4, and 5 right?
Answered by Ms. Sue
NO!

I already told you that none of those is correct!
Answered by Recheal
1. Facts
2. Libraries
3 destroyed
4. Millions
5. Roman.
Answered by Ms. Sue
1 and 4 are right
Answered by Recheal
2. Thousands
3. Libraries
.5. Emperor
Answered by Recheal
5. Libraries
Answered by Recheal
I thought 4 was books. Why is it millions
Answered by Ms. Sue
2 and 5 (libraries) are right.

3. is wrong.

The direct object in 4 can't be books because it's in a prepositional phrase.
Answered by Recheal
Why isn't 2 city and 3 not library. Cause it's a prepositional phrase?
Answered by Ms. Sue
city?

3. Fire destroyed all (of these libraries).

As you can see, only one word can be the direct object.
Answered by Recheal
So 3 is library
Answered by Ms. Sue
NO.
Answered by Mr. White
3 is all.
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