Action+Verb+Patterns


 * Action Verbs (no indirect objects) **

 Subject - Verb - Direct Object:

A direct object is always a noun. It receives the action from the verb. For example: I kicked the ball. The ball received the kick, so it is the direct object.

To find the direct object, do the following steps:
 * Find the verb.
 * Ask yourself who or what is "doing" that to find the subject.
 * Ask yourself "Subject" "Verb" "Who or What"? IF there is an answer, it is your direct object.
 *  A Direct Object will never answer where, when, or how.

Subject - Verb

A sentence doesn't have to have a direct object, so remember the following things: Nouns ALWAYS answer who or what. They NEVER answer where, when, or how.  Be careful that you don't select a direct object that answers where, when or how. That is another part of speech.

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