Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

What’s the Weather?
Direct Objects
Verbs

In some sentences an action verb is followed by a noun or pronoun. This noun or pronoun is called a direct object. Here are some facts and examples of direct objects:

✵ A direct object is a noun or pronoun in the predicate of a sentence.

✵ A direct object follows an action verb and receives the action of the verb. (Direct objects do not follow linking verbs.)

✵ A direct object answers the question whom? or what?

✵ A sentence may have one, two, or more direct objects.

Miguel found the book. (What did Miguel find? book)

Hannah called me. (Whom did Hannah call? me)

Catalina plays the violin and piano. (What does Catalina play? violin and piano)

3.11 What’s the Weather?

When we want to know what the weather is going to be, we watch or listen to a weather forecast. What is a person who studies and reports the weather called?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. Decide if the underlined word is a direct object. If the word is a direct object, write the letter for yes in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. If the word is not a direct object, write the letter for no.

1. Beth’s father builds houses for a living.

I. Yes

A. No

2. He listens to the weather report every morning.

N. Yes

L. No

3. He wears light clothing in hot weather.

R. Yes

J. No

4. He takes his raincoat for stormy weather.

E. Yes

L. No

5. Beth is interested in the weather too.

E. Yes

S. No

6. She was caught in the rain yesterday.

E. Yes

G. No

7. Beth likes to swim on sunny summer days.

S. Yes

M. No

8. Beth’s brother enjoys the winter.

T. Yes

I. No

9. He plays hockey in a junior league.

O. Yes

W. No