What is the subject and object of a sentence?
An example of a subject and object in a sentence is the following:
Taylor is giving chocolates.
Taylor is the subject and chocolate is the object.
A subject is the noun or pronoun that performs an action in a sentence.
Types of subjects
Simple subjects:
We own a second-hand store.
Joyce is sewing a purple scarf.
The council reached an agreement.
Compound subjects:
Your mother and I are planning a surprise party for your grandmother.
Lexie, Casey, and Harvey won the spelling bee contest.
Sean and Kara decided to quit their jobs to start their own business.
Complete subjects:
A small brown chihuahua crossed the street.
The man wearing shorts and a white t-shirt is the CEO of the company.
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An object is the noun or pronoun that receives the action performed by the verb in a sentence.
Types of objects
Direct objects receive the direct effect of the verb’s action.
She opened the door.
I washed the dishes.
We called our mom.
Indirect objects receive the effect of the direct object. They usually appear after the verb and before the direct object.
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Carly baked her mom some cookies.
I gave him a surprise.
Objects of prepositions refer to those objects that come after a preposition.
My brother and sister went to the park for a picnic.
The coat is hung behind the door.
The family picture hangs above the fireplace.
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