Object

What is an Object?

In a sentence, the object is the person or thing that receives the action of the verb.

It usually comes after the verb.

The object answers the question:

“Whom?” or “What?” is affected by the action?

Examples:

She calls her friend

(What does she read? → a book is the object)

They watch a movie.

(What do they watch? → a movie is the object

He kicks the ball.

(What does he kick? → the ball is the object)

She about to eats an apple

(What does she about to eat? → the apple is the object)

Types of Objects:

1. Direct Object

The thing/person that directly receives the action.

Example: She writes a letter.

(a letter = direct object)

2. Indirect Object

The person who receives the direct object.

Example: She gives her friend a gift.

(her friend = indirect object, a gift = direct object)

Key Points:

• An object is usually a noun or pronoun (or a noun phrase).
• The object comes after the verb in an SVO sentence.
• Not all sentences have an object. Example: He sleeps. → no object.

Common Object Pronouns:

Sometimes, the object is a pronoun:

me

you

him / her / it

us

them

Example:

She called me yesterday.

We invited them to the party.

Summary:

• The object receives the action
• Comes after the verb
• Answers “What?” or “Whom?”