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direct object
The advertising executive drives a bright red Porsche .
direct object
Her secret admirer gave her a bouquet of flowers .
The second sentence above also contains an indirect object . The indirect object (like the direct object, which is always a noun or pronoun) is in some way the addressee of the direct object. To determine whether a verb has an indirect object, highlight the verb and ask who? Why , for whom ? , or why? After this. The answer is an indirect object.
Not all verbs are followed by objects. Consider the verbs in the following sentences:
The guest got up from the chair as a sign of protest .
After work, Randy usually walks along the canal.
transitive and transitive verbs
Verbs that take objects are called transitive verbs . Verbs that are not followed by a subject are called intransitive verbs .
Some verbs can be transitive or intransitive depending on the context:
direct object
I hope the Senators win the next game .
There is no direct object
did we win
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In addition to intransitive and intransitive verbs, there is a third type of verb called a linking verb. The word (or phrase) that comes after the linking verb is called the subject , not the object.
The most common linking verb is "to be". Other linking verbs are "be," "see," "appear," "feel," "raised," "look," "feel," "taste," and such as "sound." Note that some of these are sometimes linking verbs, sometimes transitive or intransitive, depending on how you use them:
The relation of the verb to the subject
Before becoming a full-time yoga teacher, she was a radiologist.
The relation of the verb to the subject
Homemade pepper has a delicious smell .
Transitive verb with direct object
I do not feel this terrible cold .