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1.13 When Verbs Expand to Include Objects:
Direct Objects
Look at the following example to see how adding another noun
to a sentence expresses a new concept.
Example:
Ben loves the pool.
Subject Object
Noun Verb Noun
performing receiving
This sentence includes two nouns. Ben, a proper noun,
performs the action of loving. The basic unit of subject and verb
is Ben loves. The verb is then extended by adding another
noun, the pool. It is placed after the verb and directly receives
the action expressed by the verb loves.
The direct object is a word or group of words
that directly receives the action expressed
by the verb.
Verbs that can take direct objects are called action verbs.
Here are four action verbs.
write eat love swim
Direct objects need action verbs.
Action verbs are verbs that express something that we do.
Here are four sentences with direct objects. Each sentence
is divided into two parts to illustrate the verb-object connection
first, and then the subject-verb connection.
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