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Direct Objects
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S-AV-DO
Must be a noun or pronoun
Follow action verbs
Answer what or who after the verb
Not found in prepositional phrases
Yesterday, I aced my English test on diagramming sentences. (DO)
Indirect objects
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S-AV-IO-DO
Must be a noun or pronoun
Follow action verbs
Come before direct objects
The indirect object receives the direct object
Not found in prepositional phrases
Yesterday, Mrs. Sittig gave me an A on my English test. (IO)
Subject Complements (Predicate nouns and predicate adjectives)
S-LV-PN or S-LV-PA
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both follow linking verbs
the predicate noun is the same thing as the subject
the predicate adjective describes the subject
both can’t be in prepositional phrases
won’t have a PN and a PA in the same sentence
Yesterday’s English test was an easy one. (PN)
Yesterday’s English test was easy! (PA)
Object complements
1. follows a direct object
2. describes the direct object
3. can’t be in a prepositional phrase
He called me stupid. (OC)
We named the baby Johnny. (OC)
Commonly Used Prepositions
about
among
beside
above
around
besides
across
at
between
after
before
beyond
against
behind
but (except)
along
below
by
amid
beneath
concerning
down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
of
off
on
out
outside
over
past
since
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
unto
up
upon
with
within
without
Linking verbs
(may be used with helping verbs)
Sometimes linking verbs
(if you can substitute am, is, or are, then the word is linking)
am
is
are
was
appear
become
feel
grow
were
be
being
been
look
remain
seems
smells
sound
taste