Verb and its Complement

1. A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.
Ex. God gives blessings; man disposes them.
DO (noun) DO (pronoun)

2. An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that receives the direct object.

Indirect objects are only found in sentences that also have direct objects.
Ex. God gives people blessings.
IO (noun)
Ex. God gives them blessings.
IO (pronoun)

 A direct object receives the action of a verb. A direct object answers the
questions ''who'' or ''what.''
 An indirect object receives the action of the direct object, answering the
questions ''to or for whom or what.''

Questions
Role Requirements Example
Answered
The COMELEC
Direct Receives action Who?
Action verb handed the ballot.
Objects of the verb What?
DO
The COMELEC
To whom? handed the
Receives action Action verb
Indirect For whom? reelectionists the
of the direct and direct
Objects To what? IO
object object
For what? ballot.
DO
There are two main types of verbs

1. Action verbs

 Only Action verbs can have direct objects and indirect objects.

Ex. The class voted John.

Subject Transitive verb Direct object

Ex. The class voted John president.

Subject Transitive verb Direct object objective complement

Note: The sentence pattern of the above examples is Subject-Transitive verb-Direct

object
(S-TV-DO).

2. Linking verbs (am, is, are, was were) or Verb of the senses (taste, feel,
appear, seem, sound, look etc.)

 Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence with a subject

complement.

Ex. Tomato is a fruit.

Subject Linking verb subjective complement

Ex. Boiled water tastes flat.

Subject Verb of the sense subjective complement

Ex. The song sounds frightening.

Subject Verb of the sense subjective complement

Note: The sentence pattern of the above examples is S-LV-C

Objective Complement

Ex. I called my student Coco melon.

S TV DO Objective complement (OC)

Subjective Complement

Ex. Laughter is the best medicine.

S LV Subjective complement (SC)

Reminder:

The following are the reasons why we study sentence pattern:

1. To have a variety of sentence patterns making our sentence idea more

understandable.
2. To make the idea of communication clear
3. To help you improve writing skills in English
4. To make your sentences meaningful and effective
5. To perform well in your English language tests