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English Grammar-Sentence Structure

This document provides an overview of key grammatical concepts including subject, verb, object, direct object, and indirect object. It defines each term, provides examples to illustrate how to identify each part of a sentence, and gives exercises for students to practice finding subjects, verbs, and objects. Key points covered include: the subject is the person or thing performing the action; the verb is the action or state; the object receives the action of the verb; direct objects answer "what" and indirect objects answer "for whom".

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English Grammar-Sentence Structure

This document provides an overview of key grammatical concepts including subject, verb, object, direct object, and indirect object. It defines each term, provides examples to illustrate how to identify each part of a sentence, and gives exercises for students to practice finding subjects, verbs, and objects. Key points covered include: the subject is the person or thing performing the action; the verb is the action or state; the object receives the action of the verb; direct objects answer "what" and indirect objects answer "for whom".

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SUBJECT

• A part of the sentence that contains the person or thing performing


the action . Who the sentence is about.
Example: Rina enjoys dancing.

The subject is “Rina”.

Verb
• The verb is the action, event or state in the sentence. It is the most
important part in the sentence.

Example: Salil eats pizza.

The verb is “eats”.


OBJECT
• The object is What . It is a noun or pronoun which receives the action of
the verb.

Example: Rohan likes comedy shows.

• “comedy shows. ” is the object.


HOW TO WRITE-
•We use Subject /Verb /Object.
Example: She loves cats.
Exercise –
Find out the subject in the given sentence.
1. Chetan collects toys.
2. The dog has a bone.
3. He runs to school.
4. They threw a party!
5.He is drawing a picture.

ANSWERS -
1. Chetan collects toys.
2. The dog has a bone.
3. He runs to school.
4. They threw a party!
5.He is drawing a picture.
UNDERLINE THE VERB
1. He made a paper airplane.
2. He sailed to Sri Lanka.
3. Ronit ate a giant burger.
4. He walks fastly.
5. Rahim celebrates eid.
6. They prayed in Church.

ANSWERS -
1. He made a paper airplane.
2. He sailed to Sri Lanka.
3. Ronit ate a giant burger.
4. He walks fastly.
5. Rahim celebrates eid.
6. They prayed in the Church.
UNDERLINE THE OBJECT
1. She baked a large cake.
2. The kids like superheroes.
3. He lifts weights.
4. Kriti plays the guitar.
5. Sheena draws the picture.

ANSWERS
1. She baked a large cake.
2. The kids like superheroes.
3. He lifts weights.
4. Kriti plays the guitar.
5. Sheena draws the picture.
 DIRECT OBJECT - A direct object answers the question of

EXAMPLE –
 Sheetal catches the ball.
here. What does Sheetal catch ?

 INDIRECT OBJECT - An indirect object answers the question of

EXAMPLE –
 Mother cooked me a delicious lunch.
For whom the lunch is cooked ?
here. What is cooked ?
Examples:
1. Rajan brought her a glass of water.

[indirect object] [direct object]


To identify Direct Object -> What did Rajan bring ? – A glass of water
To identify Indirect object -> for whom did Rajan bring ? - her

2. Father sent me a gift.

[indirect object] [direct object]


To identify Direct Object -> What did father send ? – A gift
To identify Indirect object -> To whom did father send ? - me
Every sentence has two parts - Subject and
Predicate.
•Subject –A noun , a pronoun or a group of words acting as a noun is
known as subject of sentence.

•Predicate – the second part of the sentence that says something


about the subject is known as Predicate.
Example: English is my favourite subject.
Here, English is acting as a noun so it is Subject and underlined words are
Predicate.
Sometimes, the subject comes in the middle or end of the sentence.
Example – Did you finish your writings ?

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